X-Message-Number: 28893 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:02:12 -0800 From: Olaf Henny <> Subject: Re: Postponing... (Kennita) References: <> Hi Kennita: >Olaf wrote: >> The freezer and the air condition >> in the home were then so far removed from his reality as from >> ours >> a self parallel parking car.> >Not so far -- check out the "Lexus Self Parking Car Video and >Review": >http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/clips/lexus-self-parking-car-video-and- >review-196551.php >and "Self-Parking Cars Coming To U.S." (Toyota): >http://www.local6.com/technology/8458908/detail.html >-- not quite totally autonomous, but it's coming. This year's >DARPA Grand Challenge is for autonomous operation in an urban >environment: http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.asp . I meant by that, that the in-home freezer and air condition existed then, as does the self parallel parking does now, both still relatively unattainable for most. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28893