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December 16, 2011 01:04 am GMT

Google Granted Patent For Driverless Car Landing Strip

bigThe age of driverless cars may still be years in the future, but to those playing a long game, that just means that work now will pay off even more later. Google is getting into the business of tracking and managing driverless cars, and while the technology actually steering and perceiving the cars' surroundings will be undergoing lots of changes, some fundamentals of their interactions with the world can actually be explored today.For example, Google has been granted a patent for a "landing strip": a parking spot with special markings that help the car park itself, and then allow it to determine exactly where it is without relying on GPS or landmarks.

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