The world got a little bit stranger recently, as the hitherto science-fiction dream of driverless cars cruised closer to reality with the announcement by Google that it is building a self-driving car with no steering wheel, no brake and no accelerator pedals – just buttons for go and stop. You can’t simplify the driving experience much bey0nd this. That’s the bare essentials right there. The electric-powered two-seater will have a top speed of 25mph. The car will not be sold publicly, but Google hopes to build 100 prototypes and use them in a “pilot programme”. Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, … Continue reading #Google debuts self-driving cars – electric two-seater prototype to hit the roads within a year – an annotated infographic