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Knight Rider: The self-driving car

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Screenshot from Knight RiderI almost laughed out loud at the start of last night’s episode of Knight Rider. Mike Traceur sat in KITT’s driver’s seat, reading a dossier, and watching football as he cruised down some scenic highway—and why not, when he’s got a car that can drive itself. Which is when it hit me: I’ve been writing about Knight Rider for weeks without looking into where we are on the whole self-driving car thing! I mean, a car that drives itself has to come before a talking car in the pantheon of useful technology, right?

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October 30th, 2008 Tags: , , ,
by Eric Wolff in Cars, TV | 6 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >