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Comment Re:I know why... (Score 2, Insightful) 489

by mfn on Monday October 13, 2008 @11:37AM (#25357263) Attached to: Google's Chrome Declining In Popularity

That might be a reason why people don't use it, but doesn't explain why Google isn't pushing it more.

My take is that theyre probably wary of pushing it too hard because of monopoly concerns, especially with the Yahoo deal under scrutiny by the government right now, the fewer pieces of the internet it appears they have control over, the better..

A Robotic Taxi Named robuCAB 69

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday March 12, 2008 @05:42PM from the take-me-home-jeeves dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to ICT Results, an EU-funded project named Embounded 'has achieved the twin, and apparently contradictory, goals of making embedded systems both smarter and tougher.' One example is the robuCAB, a '4 seat automated people mover' developed by a French company and built from a 4 wheel-drive electric chassis with on-board PC. This autonomous vehicle follows the curb and carries several embedded systems, with one camera on the path edge, another device tracking the angle and direction of the curb, while others control the gearing and acceleration. robuCABs are not totally independent. They move over pre-defined circuits which contain a series of sensors below the ground. But read more for additional references and a picture of two robuCABs on the road."

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