This is Amazing, BMW Drives Itself Options

[Supersprynt]

KITT is one MAJOR step closer to being feasible.

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/83226/detail/

[Supersprynt]

Alright - but from the look of those links theres a LOT more computer power and electronics to make the cars go relatively slowly around a track. Granted the stop signs and what not is a cool feature, but your basically comparing a government funded project to BMW creating this technology in a BMW that looks just like any other BMW and it's going around a track up to 100mph...

So it's still not so amazing?

[BloodyStupidDave...]

Alright - but from the look of those links theres a LOT more computer power and electronics to make the cars go relatively slowly around a track. Granted the stop signs and what not is a cool feature, but your basically comparing a government funded project to BMW creating this technology in a BMW that looks just like any other BMW and it's going around a track up to 100mph...

So it's still not so amazing?

Okay, yea it is pretty impressive. But I'm not sure how much predictive driving the car is doing on Top Gear. I got the impression that it was basically a record and playback facility - it recreates a specific journey in precise detail. Could be very useful for forensic science - essentially recording and recreating the events leading up to a crash, for instance.