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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