PlayStation 3 to be a...chauffer?
- Posted August 5th, 2007 at 15:25 EDT by
- 23 Comments
The annual DARPA challenge is an event where cars are modified to drive themselves without any human input. San Diego based group Axion Racing wanted to try something different, so they decided to tap in to the power of the Cell BE Microprocessor. They strapped a PlayStation 3 running Linux to the external cameras and programmed the it to guide the car through a simulated military supply mission in a mock urban area.
Axion Racing's Team Leader Bill Kehaly expects great things from his team's PS3. "We felt having cars drive themselves was getting a little too easy, so we threw the Sony PlayStation into our bag of tricks,"
"We like to think out of the box, using the latest publicly available computer boxes, and we only use boxes that help raise us above our competition," stated Kehaly.
This just adds another notch in PS3’s belt which already includes gaming, a home entertainment hub and contributions to disease research via Folding@home.
Source: eMediawire
Editor Says...
I expected something from our good friend Ken "The Father of PlayStation" Kutaragi after reading the title of this piece. Maybe next time eh?
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Tonyproggeek
- 10:45am EDT - August 5th, 2007
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WOW, a home entertainment hub, gamign system, computer, helping finding ways to cure diseases.... what more??? driving us around HOLY SHIiT!!
I'll be tha first to mod it into a labtop, as someone had done with the xbox.
peace out y'all - Tony tha TIGGA
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ldksparda21
- 10:57am EDT - August 5th, 2007
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Damn only sony can build a gaming system that can also drive a car.
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The_MorningStar
- 11:10am EDT - August 5th, 2007
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man... i usually just hit the rating thumb just to say if i liked it.... this one is actually very intreresting.
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Playstation_3
- 12:02pm EDT - August 5th, 2007
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i personally like to drive myself,
can it do things that i prefer not to do myself?
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gamewaffle
- 12:20pm EDT - August 5th, 2007
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you could probably make a security system outta it. and maybe an attack robot.
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thegame97338
- 1:57pm EDT - August 5th, 2007
- 11
Yeah they tried a 360, but the d*mn thing kept catching the car on fire!!!!
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Fallen and hopeless
- 3:33pm EDT - August 5th, 2007
- 14
Truly tremendous.
"We only use boxes that help us raise above our competition", stated kehaly.
What other reason do consumers want now? Home entertainment (check), Game System (check), Computer capabilities (check) Curing diseases (a bonus check), Driving you and family around (not just yet, but few years it will) Tip of the iceberg man, just the tip.
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InfernoReaper
- 3:33pm EDT - August 5th, 2007
- 15
I keep trying to get my PS3 to do amazing things, but every time I try, it just tells me to "shut up" and goes back to beating small children. Rude little circuit box...
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saint seya
- 9:42pm EDT - August 5th, 2007
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i put my ps3 in my car.. but.. i guess i have the one with no driver license...
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ps3megafan
- 4:17am EDT - August 6th, 2007
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wow thats amazing play games and drive me i meen can i play the games when its driving me i luv gameds lol
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