Gallery: The Plan to Make Self-Driving Cars Speak Human

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    Startup Drive.ai wants to make self-driving cars that communicate with the outside world.
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    “We need to be able to communicate in all directions, and we need to be able to show intention and have a conversation with the other players on the road,” says president Carol Reiley.
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    Drive.ai is testing driverless vehicles with roof-mounted billboards that flash messages to everyone within eyeshot. It's toyed with emoji-base signaling, to skirt language and literacy issues.
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    It's unexplored territory, with a few exceptions. Mercedes’ F 015 concept can project a crosswalk onto the ground for wary pedestrians.
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