Wednesday, February 5, 2014

CES 2014 "Audis self-driving car"

The birth of cars was in 1886 in Europe. From then on cars have become more technologically advanced than ever. Each year a new car comes out with new technology that us civilians have not heard of. The engineering of a car is very amazing. These machines are able to reach speeds of up to 200mph. Cars now have computers and cameras throughout the whole car. Each year engines and computers are made to be at the next level and impress customers throughout the world. This year at the 2014 CES Audi presented a new car that will be able to drive itself. This new technology was presented with a beautiful Audi A7. The car is equipped with front facing digital cameras, laser scanner and radar system. All these systems are connected to a very high-tech computer that controls all of them. Each system is very elegantly equipped onto the car to make it look like another beautiful machine. The car's automated self-driving system takes control only until the car reaches 40mph. Once the car exceeds that speed limit the driver must take control of the car. It is said that the sensors and radar system can detect anything in their path. If the driver of the vehicle closes their eyes, the car reacts by ringing a loud buzzing noise to wake up the driver and make sure that their eyes are on the road just in case something happens. Once the driver takes control of the car while it i

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