Google's new self-運動ing car will even 許す the BLIND to get behind the wheel

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Web 巨大（な） Google has already changed the way we search the internet, watch ビデオ and navigate.

But the 会社／堅い's 最新の 打開 could be its biggest 革新 yet.

The company 約束s that its self-運動ing car will enable blind people to 運動, as the 乗り物 takes over nearly all the 機能（する）／行事s of the car 現在／一般に controlled by humans.

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'Look ma, no hands!' Steve Mahan, who is 95 per cent blind, takes Google's self-driving car for a spin around Morgan Hill, California

'Look ma, no 手渡すs!' Steve Mahan, who is 95 per cent blind, takes Google's self-運動ing car for a spin around Morgan Hill, California

The 事業／計画（する） has been several years in the making, and was 公式に 明かすd in October 2010.

But recently it has taken a その上の step 今後, after putting blind people in the 運動ing seat and 招待するing them to 実験（する） the 科学（工学）技術 which could revolutionise their lives.

Google has 解放（する）d a ビデオ showing Steve Mahan, dubbed 'Self-運動ing Car 使用者 #0000000001', using the car to carry out his daily 決まりきった仕事.

Mr Mahan, who is 95 per cent blind, 運動s to buy a taco and 選ぶ up 乾燥した，日照りの-きれいにする - activities which may seem humdrum, but which are shut off to many blind people who do not have a companion or carer to …を伴って them.

Home again: The car could revolutioni se the lives of blind people like Mr Mahan

Home again: The car could revolutionise the lives of blind people like Mr Mahan

Although Google 従業員s sat with the driver in the Toyota Prius, they were not 伴う／関わるd with the 乗り物's 航海 during the 旅行 around Morgan Hill, California.

Instead the car, which was 特許d in December, uses cameras, レーダ and レーザーs to move 安全に around pre-programmed 場所s.

Mr Mahan's 実験（する） 運動 leaves him 明確に delighted with the life-changing 乗り物 as he jokes: 'Look ma, no 手渡すs... and no feet!'

At the end of the 旅行, he tells his 乗客s: 'You guys get out, I've got places I have to go.'

Hi-tech: The car was first announced in October 2010 and patented last year

Hi-tech: The car was first 発表するd in October 2010 and 特許d last year

'The 概念 of it is pretty a wesome,' Eric 橋（渡しをする）s, a 広報担当者 for the American 会議 of the Blind, told Fox News.

'They’re helping to change the world in a lot of ways.'

But a lot more needs to be worked out before the cars 攻撃する，衝突する the road without the direct 監督 of Google engineers.

It would be a 勇敢に立ち向かう 政府 which 問題／発行するd driver's licences to the blind - but the wonders of 科学（工学）技術 could still make it a reality.

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