This is no joke - Google announces self driving car

Yep, Google has invented a Toyota Prius that drives itself:

“The secret project, which Google revealed for the first time today, is a combination of different technologies developed by Google that will allow a car to drive itself — yes, even on the highway. Google has disclosed that they’ve been testing these cars “recently

“, but they’ve clearly been testing them for longer than that, as Tseitlin’s video proves. The fact that these specially-equipped Priuses (and one Audi TT) have racked up over 140,000 miles (1,000 of while have been completely human-free) on the road, suggests a longer cycle of testing as well.”

Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/09/google-car-video/

Here’s a video captured by Robert Scoble in the wild:

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