Google's Driverless Car TED talk

Laura L. (Spain)
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  1. DARPA
    the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11
  2. jogger
    someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
  3. traffic jam
    a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
  4. sensor
    a device that responds to a signal or stimulus
  5. Lombard Street
    a street in central London containing many of the major London banks
  6. commute
    a regular journey to and from your place of work
  7. booth
    a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
  8. Lombard
    a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century
  9. crook
    a long staff with one end being hook shaped
  10. hardware
    tools or implements made of metal
  11. gasoline
    a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
  12. toll
    a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges
  13. driving
    the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
  14. jam
    press tightly together or cram
  15. look back
    look towards one's back
  16. drive
    operate or control a vehicle
  17. crooked
    having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
  18. software
    written programs operating on a computer system
  19. highway
    a major road for any form of motor transport
  20. waste
    use inefficiently or inappropriately
  21. traffic
    vehicles or pedestrians traveling in a particular locality
  22. challenge
    a call to engage in a contest or fight
  23. lane
    a narrow way or road
  24. aspect
    a characteristic to be considered
  25. error
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance
  26. anywhere
    at or in or to any place
  27. roads
    a partly sheltered anchorage
  28. self
    your consciousness of your own identity
  29. accident
    an unfortunate mishap
  30. vision
    the ability to see
  31. busy
    actively or fully engaged or occupied
  32. decision
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  33. car
    a motor vehicle with four wheels
  34. mountain
    a land mass that projects well above its surroundings
  35. grand
    large and impressive in physical size or extent
  36. save
    bring into safety
  37. road
    an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
  38. street
    a thoroughfare that is lined with buildings
  39. human
    a person; a hominid with a large brain and articulate speech
Created on Tue Jan 14 10:40:59 EST 2014

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