{"product_id":"book-c2t0","title":"Driverless","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the year 2014, Google fired a shot heard all the way to Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoogle's newest driverless car had no steering wheel and no brakes. The message was clear: cars of the future will be born fully autonomous, with no human driver needed. In the coming decade, self-driving cars will hit the streets, rearranging established industries and reshaping cities, giving us new choices in where we live and how we work and play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman offer readers insight into the risks and benefits of driverless cars and a lucid and engaging explanation of the enabling technology. Recent advances in software and robotics are toppling long-standing technological barriers that for decades have confined self-driving cars to the realm of fantasy. A new kind of artificial intelligence software called deep learning gives cars rapid and accurate visual perception. Human drivers can relax and take their eyes off the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel, driverless cars will offer billions of people all over the world a safer, cleaner, and more convenient mode of transportation. Although the technology is nearly ready, car companies and policy makers may not be. The authors make a compelling case for why government, industry, and consumers need to work together to make the development of driverless cars our society's next \"Apollo moment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49300188332336,"sku":"BDc2t0","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49300188365104,"sku":"ZEc2t0","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49300188397872,"sku":"ZMc2t0","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c2t0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775816197","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c2t0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}