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Nov. 21, 2008
Take a Ride in the Car of the Future

Science Friday director Charles Bergquist stops in at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems at the Javits Center in New York for a look at new car technologies. Down the road, cars may be able to drive themselves ... but will they be able to parallel park? Check out Southwest Research Institute's autonomous vehicle and watch it navigate the streets of New York.
Music by SYNTHAR, additional images from Southwest Research Institute and World Congress on ITS, Produced by Flora Lichtman and Charles Bergquist


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