Monday, May 18, 2015

0518 - Google purpose- built robot cars tested on the public roads

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32750810

1.prototype = An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
2.steering = To guide (a vessel or vehicle), especially by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or whee
3.capped = provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination;
4.inexorably = Impossible to stop, alter, or resist; inevitable:
5.gauge =  A standard or scale of measurement
6.bumps = To strike or collide with:

clock up
Christine Salientes: To be measured or registered, especially at a certain speed or rate.

rudder
A controlling agent or influence over direction; a guide.