What if cars became driverless? Vehicles not controlled by you but by computers and are in charged with getting you safely from point A to Point B. This is what Google self-driving car is all about, but what happens if there will be an unexpected accident? Google has a solution to that and it has something to do with adhesive.
How can Google self-driving car reduce the damage and protect pedestrians?
Passengers of the Google self-driving car has no control over it and cannot hit the breaks if there's a pedestrian right in front of the Google self-driving car, so what does it do to reduce the damage during unavoidable accidents? The Inquirer reports that Google oddly, yet cleverly, thought of a way to minimize the impact by patenting a sticky layer on the front of the Google self-driving car.
"Ideally, the adhesive coating on the front portion of the vehicle may be activated on contact and will be able to adhere to the pedestrian nearly instantaneously," the patent description states. The whole adhesive idea is that the sticky layer will carry the pedestrian safely until the Google self-driving car will go into a complete stop.
How does Google Self-driving car work?
Google self-driving car is clearly the car of the future, but there's still a lot to learn about this controversial yet interesting vehicle. Google self-driving car is all about trying to reduce road fatalities caused in some way by human error. So by removing clumsy human drivers and use Google self-driving car instead, you can remove a whole manner of risks like tiredness, drinking an alcoholic beverage or random concentration lapses.
Things to know about Google Self-driving car
The Guardian previously reported that Google started its self-driving car project in 2008 and the company originally wanted an existing car but new designs want to integrate the controls into the engine and hardware and software. Google then come up with a brand new concept that looked like a mix of Smart car and a Nissan Micra, with two seats and some space for your luggage.