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"We didn't have a telephone and our family until I was about 15, in high school."
- Ray Bradbury
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| Robot Bus | ||
| An autonomous vehicle to transport groups of people. |
| Buses without drivers moved close to the
curb and stopped at intervals. The lamp posts gave a different sort of light...
He hopped one of the robot buses when it stopped and wanted a cigarette. He was inactive for the first time since his escape, but his nerves weren’t. Nobody in the bus was smoking. He hadn’t seen anybody smoking. |
| Technovelgy from The Little Things,
by Henry Kuttner. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1946 Additional resources -
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Compare to the automatobus from Sally (1953) by Isaac Asimov and robotic conductor from Paycheck (1953) by Philip K. Dick.
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- CAVForth Autonomous Bus Of Scotland
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| GoSun EV Solar Charger Drapes Onto Your Car |
| 'Autonomous' Waymo Improves Driving With Remote Human Operators |
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