Google takes the wheel.

• Position: Cars - Technology driven cars by Google Inc. - Brief article

A car that drives itself? That's what Google, the California-based technology giant, says it's working on as part of its effort to "help solve really big problems using technology" Each of the company's seven retooled cars is equipped with radar, light sensors, GPS, and video cameras to help them mimic the decisions made by human drivers. And each has already driven more than 1,000 miles without human intervention, including down San Francisco's Lombard Street, known as the most crooked street in the world. On the plus side, robot drivers react faster than humans, have 360-degree perception, and do not get distracted, sleepy, or drunk. But the technology...