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Self-Parking Car Available In Japan
sinjayde writes "Yahoo!/Reuters is reporting that Toyota has released a car for sale in Japan that is able to park itself: 'Toyota's new hybrid gasoline-electric Prius sedan uses electrically operated power steering and sensors that help guide the car when reversing into parking spaces.'" No need to rely on the reverse parking formula anymore?
In Soviet Russia, car parks you!
you still gonna do some work here, since it only helps you back in. so, if you hit the car next to you, dont blame it on the car (like you normally do)!!
what happens when we forget how to park cars ourselves? technology is good, but people are getting too darn lazy these days. is parking really that hard? survey says: only for old people
1. buy car that can park it self
2. sell driving lesson school for people who are afraid to parallel park on driving test. with the promise they can use car on the test.
3. ????
4. profit.
Now find me a car that can FIND parking by itself. That I will pay money for.
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
What happens when the system crashes? :)
Thanks for that. 'Cause you know Yahoo gets /.ed every time.
- ebh
Robots to auto-post to Slashdot?
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
I can imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. It must look exactly like rush hour.
Go hug some trees.
Be carefull if you want to import one, in Japan they drive on the left hand side.
I imagine when you try to autopark in a right hand side country it will park in the middle of the road instead of the sidewalk.
A car that continuously drives itself around the block, and avoids the need for parking. (Or parking tickets) Paying for the extra fuel is probabably cheaper that hourly parking in most major cities, and certainly would be in Japan.
My rights don't need management.
then the rest of it crashes too, duh.
turn up the jukebox and tell me a lie
How about we adapt this technology so that it automatically detects if the parking spot is for a handicapt or not. If the owner parks illegally in one of these spots, the car backs the F$&K over them.
yes, but can it automatically flip the bird to that !@&#^$ who stole the spot from you, because is impolite car was made in the usa?
On the front was a picture of a woman trying to parallel park, crunching into all the cars around her. The title was "Why women can't drive..."
:)
on the inside..
Because men will tell them this is 6 inches:
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Needless to say it wasn't quite the punchline I was expecting
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Get front wheel drive manual car with a very very good handbrake.
Head towards the parking spot at a fair speed, as perpendicular to the spot as you can. Swerve car and pull handbrake and then brake and counter steer so that you neatly skid and slide in sideways.
With this method you can park in a spot that's practically the same length as your car - just depends on how accurate you are.
Getting out requires a bit more space - the length of the space must be slightly more than the diagonal length of your car. Pull handbrake to max, turn steering wheel max (to lock) towards side you want to exit from. Stomp on clutch, red line engine, release clutch, burn rubber and gradually spin car out of space.
Not recommended in uncontrolled environments.
"But can it run Linux? sorry, I had to :) "
It can, but nobody wants to type man headlts.
"Derp de derp."