03-01-2015, 04:00 AM
Apple is rumored to be working on their own self driving electric car. This is not a mapping car, although they may be collecting equivalent data.
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/apple-self-driving-car/
There are probably good reasons why they are doing some testing on Hawaii island. One factor is quite a few iOS programmers out of UH and UHH. There are many, many high tech initiatives going on all around this island, and in our Hawaii island tradition, kept totally under wraps. The high technology community on this island has learned the lesson the hard way, keep things quiet or draw out the fruitcake science-illiterate hypochondria protest mobs, especially out of Puna.
BTW, auto autos means these jobs are going away in a few years: taxi driver, bus driver, truck driver, delivery driver.
"Mahalo nui Pele, 'ae noho ia moku 'aina" - kakahiaka oli
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/apple-self-driving-car/
There are probably good reasons why they are doing some testing on Hawaii island. One factor is quite a few iOS programmers out of UH and UHH. There are many, many high tech initiatives going on all around this island, and in our Hawaii island tradition, kept totally under wraps. The high technology community on this island has learned the lesson the hard way, keep things quiet or draw out the fruitcake science-illiterate hypochondria protest mobs, especially out of Puna.
BTW, auto autos means these jobs are going away in a few years: taxi driver, bus driver, truck driver, delivery driver.
"Mahalo nui Pele, 'ae noho ia moku 'aina" - kakahiaka oli
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*