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this is really cool, honestly I wish this had become mainstream instead of GPS, it would have made the conversion to automated vehicles so much easier. Instead of having to worry about pathing the system could have worked using the address system linked directly to the road, the only thing it would need is cameras to be sure it won't collide with anything, positioning could be via the antenna instead of the wildly inaccurate GPS, plus it would work in tunnels/heavy metal areas. That being said, price wise this would be a far more expensive startup price
This would've been massively underfunded, underdeveloped, and broken. They can't even get potholes handled, no way they're managing millions of radio transcievers haha.
but how would Google insert ads & features you don't need?
Roadside signs. Simple.
What happens if the car deviates from the path?
Since pathing would be decided by the antenna signals in the road, it /shouldn't/ but it would need to act the same as how current assistive tech would work, which would be swap to manual drive with an alert or pull off to the side.
Dunno man, but that is why we still need a driver.
The problem is that high tech place on road are more easily stolen (by hobo) than thing high up in the sky.
oh yeah, poor people are always the problem
I mean, someone like Elon Musk (probably) isn't stealing the copper from charging stations to fund his drug habits, the ultra-wealthy have far more efficient ways of stealing from society. People being desperate enough to steal wiring from infrastructure is definitely a problem, even if it's a symptom of greater issues.
yeah man, that is how rich people always think. Luckily, most policy maker are rich. So do investors.
I do agree, it would be a theft risk, I believe it would work best with the antenna actually being in the road instead of above it to remove risk factors, but you also lose range doing that, since something like that would likely be passive not active to avoid requiring a power source, although active would be better but again, $$