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...Amsterdam and Hamburg, the CyberCar can function without following embedded road tracers: it follows a preprogrammed route, and a laser sweep pegged to its front end allows it to avoid or stop in front of obstacles. The town of Antibes on the French Riviera and the nearby principality of Monaco are considering buying their own fleets to taxi visitors around their cramped streets...
...wonder Hamburg, the CyberCar can function without following embedded road tracers: it follows a preprogrammed route, and a laser sweep pegged to its front end allows it to avoid or stop in front of obstacles. The town of Antibes on the French Riviera and the nearby principality of Monaco are considering buying their own fleets to taxi visitors around their cramped streets. The CyberCar was developed by a consortium of 15 European research centers and spearheaded by Michel Parent, program director for research and development at France's INRIA, an automation and robotic research center. As you might imagine, Parent...
...Europe really is as fun as it sounds,” she says. “Cannes, Antibes, Monaco, Monte Carlo and the Italian Riviera are only a few kilometers away...
...Monaco Makeover...
...would have thought that Monaco, the crown jewel of the Cote d'Azur, needed polishing? Apparently the land of Monte Carlo and the Grimaldi royal family felt a makeover was in order. To capitalize on the popularity of cruises, the principality, which covers about 1 sq. mi., completed a $200 million 1,155-ft.-long breakwater earlier this summer, doubling the capacity of its harbor. Now large cruise ships can dock there. Three upscale hotels have also undergone renovations this year, a brand-new harbor-front hotel has opened, and by 2006 the tiny country will have 33% more rooms...