What Is Google's Self-Driving Car?

Google’s self-driving cars use a number of technologies that help the car drive itself through busy streets, all by itself. These include technologies like a laser range finder, front camera, rear radar, a Global Positioning System and multiple programs that interpret the surrounding of the vehicle. This is a technology that a lot of companies are working on but Google has a very good way of doing it.
The first major technology that the Google Self-Driving Car uses is a laser range finder. (National, 2015) The laser range finder used on Google’s Self-Driving Car shoots 64 different laser beams, in every possible direction. It does this to create a somewhat sonar-like image to gather data for the onboard computer. These lasers will determine
Google Glass is a titanium frame that is worn upon your head just as you would a normal pair of glasses. The main difference is that instead of having a pair of lenses, the device has a single “prism” lens that works as a visual overlay. (Forinash, 2015) “The prism is made of a silicon composite that easily transfers the picture. To the right of the prism is the camera that recognizes everything that is happening around the user. The CPU that powers Google Glass is located in the right leg of the device. Also in the compartment are the speakers and the microphone. At the end of the right leg is where the battery is located. (Forinash,
(www) Google has taken this to a whole new level with the creation of Google Earth and Google Maps. Through a series of satellite imagery collection and human driven cars imagery collection, Google has slowly been documenting the entire world. Through all of this data collection, google has retrieved 21 million gigabytes of picture data. With all of these pictures, Google has been able to piece together the world in which a way that everyone can use and understand. Google updates all of its data on a regular basis that is rather impressive. Google can update satellite images about every one to two weeks depending on a few factors. (Petronzio, 2012) With imagery being updated this quickly, it is difficult for Google to control any inappropriate content that may arise from unscheduled data collection. If google does detect that something in the photo is inappropriate, they will remove or blur out the image. If a user detects and inappropriate image, Google has a feature to report such images. (Petronzio, 2012) If there is property that is considered private for either personal, commercial or governmental reason, one can petition to get that area continually blurred out. Something that was interesting about Google’s imagery collection is that it does not own the satellites that collect its images. Google pays numerous different entities to use the satellites that they have launched into space to obtain