Google self-driving bicycle

[LockH]

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(Burp. Oddly, can't seem to get that other vid to load.) (Three having sex on a moving bike.)

 

[fechter]

Awesome! looks so real.

 

[TheBeastie]

Its got the same vibe as a dodgey kickstarter campaign video.. very slick and smooth but still horse shit..
I still think if you did the same video but removed Available April 1st and Google from it and chucked it on kickstarter you would have $100,000 in your account in a few days..

 

[1JohnFoster]

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That's so perfect. Is there a name for that kind of background music that emotes "we're so clever and highly evolved"?
I didn't get anyone this year. Feeling old :|

 

[ScooterMan101]

The E.U. has more laws , than are necessary,

But viewing this video, I am wondering, don't they have any Child Endangerment Laws ?

 

[1JohnFoster]

The E.U. has more laws , than are necessary,
But viewing this video, I am wondering, don't they have any Child Endangerment Laws ?

Of course they do. So does your Fed and State gov. Google "child abuse" laws in your jurisdiction.

Google preemptively applied for, and received, special exemptions for the Google Bike in most jurisdictions to allow the scenario of unattended children depicted in the video. The exemption was granted on the basis that they were able to prove that the bike's environmental awareness with regards to safety was far superior to the average parent's. Also that the app provided has special priority to interrupt anything else on the parents' phone, thereby providing far more direct and rapid parental response than would be the case with indirect cues such as peripheral vision or background aural environment. Not described in the video is the "safety fence" function to prevent the children from leaving a prescribed perimeter such as a park or neighbourhood.

Compare this with the safety of kids left in cars at Wallmart. I remember those days (actually it was a Zellers parking lot, long before Wallmart) my headache growing as the heat built up and my siblings screamed and hit each other.

 

[MadRhino]

Funny.
I can see many good points:
-makes a fancy kickstand
-it could foolow you with the luggage
-send it back home like a horse, or let it ride you home when you are drunk
-send it ahead to see if cops are at the next corner
-draw attention away from you
-save a lock and let it ride around the block until you need it

 

[DAND214]

Just think how great it would be for the kids going to school. Put them on the bike and go back to bed. No need to drive them to school! where was this when I needed it?

Dan

 

[Alan B]

If it could recognize when it was being stolen it could be quite interesting.

 

[nutnspecial]

I great video for fools. . . april fools.
But there does seem to be just a little general analytical sarcasm there for all of us. :lol:

 

[TheBeastie]

I great video for fools. . . april fools.
But there does seem to be just a little general analytical sarcasm there for all of us. :lol:

Google continues to surprise me.. most tech companies may have put out a cheap boring text article joke but Google are innovative even in their April fools jokes, going to the trouble to make a professionally made and entertaining video..

 

[1JohnFoster]

I great video for fools. . . april fools.
But there does seem to be just a little general analytical sarcasm there for all of us. :lol:

Google continues to surprise me.. most tech companies may have put out a cheap boring text article joke but Google are innovative even in their April fools jokes, going to the trouble to make a professionally made and entertaining video..

Joke? What are you guys talking about ... It will be shipping before the Tesla Model 3. :?

 

[nutnspecial]

I looked at it more of a statement than a joke, although deadpan humor could have been intended. . .

Google is a very interesting company to say the least, and I'm pleased (if they produced this) that there's appearance(?) of not being above self criticism, and even 'customer' criticism. (?)

 

[LewTwo]

Funny.
I can see many good points:
...
-save a lock and let it ride around the block until you need it

They already have a two wheel traffic problem.

 

[SniperGaulois]

It's an april fools joke, but I don't think it's horse shit, it's good to put RnD into that project, because it's a good technology for the future, even if the first versions have issues, the gyro thing is just very cool, and if self driving becomes a world standard one day, entire cities could ban cars in favor of this kind of stuff.