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BBC. 2011. Driverless car: google awarded US patent for technology. BBC. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16197664.

This site explains the patent that was granted to Google, as well as specific information regarding the patented technology.

Brancaccio, N. Electric Tesla Model X to Compete with Premium SUVs, Minivans. 2013. The Windsor Star, Detroit, Michigan.

A user testing out Tesla’s large 17-inch display at the Detroit Cobo Centre January 15, 2013.

Gohring, D., Latotzky, D., Wang, M., and Rojas, R. (n.d) "Semi-Autonomous Car Control Using Brain Computer Interfaces." Semi-Autonomous Car Control Using Brain Computer Interfaces. Berlin University.

This is a research paper from Germany featuring tests from experiments about a brain computer interface on a semi-autonomous car.

Lefsky, M., Cohen, W., Parker, G., and Harding, D. 2002. Lidar remote sensing for ecosystem studies. Bioscience. 52:1. Retrieved from http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/1/19.full.pdf+html.

This website provides information regarding lidar systems and their abilities to examine the environment around them. The article focuses on ecosystem studies; however, vital information can be retrieved to further understand how the technology assists in operating Google's car.

Markoff, J. 2010. Google cars drive themselves, in traffic. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&.

This article presents an overview of Google's car, explaining developer motives, available features, and technologies involved in making the car a successful driverless automobile.

Miller. C and Wald. M. 2013. Self-Driving Cars for Testing Are Supported by U.S.. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/technology/self-driving-cars-for-testing-are-supported-by-us.html?pagewanted=all.

This article discusses the safety of the self-driving car and the social impact it has. It talks about how the Google project has made many significant technological strides, but it still faces criticism. “The first time that a driverless vehicle swerves to avoid a shopping cart and hits a stroller, someone’s going to write, ‘robot car kills baby to save groceries,’” Ryan Calo says. The University of Washington professor claims that it is those kinds of reasons that you want to make sure that this stuff is fully tested. The article also discusses the technology of the car and whether or not it is reliable. It talks about human interaction with the car and whether or not the car risks being cyberattacked.

“The Road to Self-Driving Cars | Crash Avoidance Systems.” (2014) Editorial. Consumer Reports. Retrieved from http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2014/04/the-road-to-self-driving-cars/index.htm.

An article that tells about crash-avoidance systems leading to practical use in autonomous cars.

Simonite, Tom. (2013). “Google: Our Robot Cars Are Better Drivers Than Puny Humans.” MIT Technology Review. Retrieved from http://www.technologyreview.com/news/520746/data-shows-googles-robot-cars-are-smoother-safer-drivers-than-you-or-i/.

This article shows that tests of a Google modified car are outperforming human drivers.

Smith, Bryant W. 2012. “Automated Vehicles Are Probably Legal In the United States.” The Center for Internet and Society. Stanford University Cyberlaw.

This is a paper written by The Center for Internet and Society containing a collection of regulations about vehicle code with discussions pertaining to autonomous vehicles.

Thomas, O. (2012). Google's self-driving cars may cost more than a Ferrari. Business Insider. Retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com/google-self-driving-car-sensor-cost-2012-9.

This article discusses the possible pricing of Google's Driverless Car, providing estimations for the cost for its components, as well as an eventual estimation of the car's total worth.

"What is GPS?". 2014. The Global Positioning System. Retrieved from http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/.

This website explains what Global Positioning Systems are, as well as provides information regarding the process in which it functions and the government and consumer's roles.

Wikipedia. Google driverless car. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_driverless_car.

An article that covers an overview, technology at hand, and roadtesting.

Who Are We?
Hello! Our names are Adrian, Dedrick, and Sorab. We are students at Rutgers University, majoring in Information Technology. This site serves as a project for our Social Informatics course, which is requiring us to examine an emerging technology based off of the 5 Principles of Social Informatics. The technology that we are assessing is driverless cars: more specifically, Google's Driverless car. We hope to demonstrate information regarding background and development, the need for the technology, the public's preconceived notions and expectations of the technology, the social components of the technology, the technological components of the machine, the possible paradoxical effects that may result from its application in society, and its its moral consequences.

Research Methods
In order to properly depict Google's Driverless car, we shall be providing information regarding the basics of the machine that we have found from a list of scholarly journals (which are each listed in the bibliography portion of the website). Furthermore, we shall be analyzing the videos and interviews provided by Google in order to communicate frst-hand experiences and results from test drives. Lastly, because the goal of driverless cars s to increase and promote safety, the technology will be investigated mostly by its ability to seemingly provide a safer means of transportation without stimulating too many negative paradoxical effects.