How the LIDAR tech GM just bought probably works

Re:How the LIDAR tech GM just bought probably works by grzm on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @07:04PM (#15545963)

(Assuming I'm understanding you correctly,) if the issue were only other vehicles, this might be feasible. However, the world includes much more than just the other vehicles on the road, and the road and its environs aren't static.

I can imagine something similar to what you're proposing being a part of the overall system, I suspect there will always be the need for something vehicle-based that "sees" the environment.

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Re:How the LIDAR tech GM just bought probably works by samstave on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @07:37PM (#15546142)

Yeah I meant in addition to, not instead of.

And I was saying that these beacons should be just a part of the car and super cheap. The beacon just says "hey I'm a Prius and this is my speed direction and location"

But you'd have to make them completely anon - we already have too much activity tracking.

So the devices should cycle through random IDs that just spray out the specs of the vehicle, but they change frequently the ID so you can just say that a smart car would know that it just sees various cars - not that it knows that "Jim is just ahead on the left"

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