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Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead Hardcover – 4 November 2016

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When human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel: the beginning of a new era in personal mobility.

"Smart, wide-ranging, [and] nontechnical."
―Los Angeles Times

"Anyone who wants to understand what's coming must read this fascinating book."
―Martin Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Robots

In the year 2014, Google fired a shot heard all the way to Detroit. Google'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.

In 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.

When 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."

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328 pages
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English
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MIT PRESS LTD
Publication date

4 November 2016
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15.88 x 2.54 x 23.5 cm
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0262035227
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978-0262035224
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Anyone looking for a book about driverless cars―smart, wide-ranging, nontechnical, easy to understand―was pretty much out of luck until Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead was published.

― Los Angeles Times

Everyone is talking about driverless cars... After reading this book, you will be knowledgeable enough to make your own informed opinion.

― Science

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Hod Lipson is a leading roboticist, author, media figure, public speaker, and Professor of Engineering at Columbia University. He and Melba Kurman are coauthors of of Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing and Driverless: Autonomous Vehicles and the Road Ahead (MIT Press).

Melba Kurman is an author and technology analyst with years of software industry experience. She and Hod Lipson are coauthors of Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing and Driverless: Autonomous Vehicles and the Road Ahead (MIT Press).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ MIT PRESS LTD (4 November 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0262035227
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0262035224
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.88 x 2.54 x 23.5 cm

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Hod Lipson
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Hod Lipson is a professor of engineering at Columbia University in New York city. His work on self-aware and self-replicating robots, food printing, and bio-printing has received widespread media coverage including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, and NPR.
Lipson has co-authored hundreds of papers and speaks frequently at high-profile venues such as TED and the National Academies. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative.
For more information visit http://hodlipson.com
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Melba Kurman
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My name is Melba Kurman and I am an author and technology analyst. My books explore the impact of emerging technologies on every day life. My most recent book, Driverless, gives readers an engaging and comprehensive introduction to self-driving cars, from their impact on established industries, to how they work.
My other books are about 3D printing and commercializing university research. My first book, "Tech Transfer 2.0" is about how universities manage their patent portfolios and spin off new technology startups. My second book, "Fabricated: the new world of 3D printing" sold more than 250,000 copies worldwide and was translated into eight languages.
I am a graduate of Cornell University, the University of Illinois and the U.S. Peace Corps.
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A. Powell

A good book if you want to learn about the probable future of autonomous cars.

Reviewed in the United States on 28 December 2017

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This is a subject I wanted to know about and this book is a good overview of the history and possible future of the autonomous automobile revolution. The two things I didn’t like was a very heavy and difficult discussion of neural networks and machine learning. I am interested in this but either my brain doesn’t go there easily or the explanation was not done in such a way that I could understand it well. Also, like in many current books “she” is used every time gender might come up. This is obvious social engineering and in my opinion, is so distracting that it takes away from my enjoyment of the book. Or maybe, only females will use driverless cars.

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Nigel farruca

Informative

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2018

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First class read.

Lee

Great read. Can be wordy

Reviewed in the United States on 12 March 2017

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Great read. Can be wordy, opinionated and off topic at times, but your patience is rewarded with good insight on the topic.

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The arduous journey to self driving cars

Reviewed in the United States on 20 November 2016

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“Driverless” by Lipson and Kurman is an intriguing read, and as in their previous book “Fabricated”, they manage to convey a highly technical subject in a manner that appeals to many readers. “Driverless” takes us on a journey of autonomous vehicles, laden with technical and bureaucratic potholes that misguided the vision for decades. With self driving cars piloting on our roads and challenging mainstream transportation, it is mind boggling to learn how progress can be delayed by academic and governmental dogma. “Driverless” is both an avid narration of the journey to driverless cars and a cautionary tale for many other yet to be conquered quests, that have been eluding our reach for decades.

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Broad ranging discussion of self driving cars

Reviewed in the United States on 11 January 2017

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Looks at the current state of the technology. Forward look at the prospects, technical and societal. A good read throughout.

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