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Google's self-driving car team is working on ways to reduce fatal accidents but you won't believe its latest idea for saving pedestrian lives the company proposes covering the car hood in a sticky coating so the people you hit will stick instead of bouncing off yes this is a real patent that Google submitted and the idea is that you'll be less injured by sticking rather than bouncing off and hitting the pavement Google suggests this would be good for a self-driving car but I suppose it could work for any car and what do you think happens next do you just keep rolling with them on the front to the hospital this would have to be so sticky for it to work so wouldn't there be other things that get stuck to the front over time bugs bags small animals well the patent suggests that your car hood would not look so gross because there would be another coating on top of this human flypaper so the sticky stuff would only be exposed upon impact of an accident isn't it comforting that Google has a team of the greatest engineering minds assigned to solve these sticky challenges meanwhile there's another tech company making strides in our autonomous vehicle future for the first time uber released a photo of its self-driving car being tested in Pittsburgh it's a hybrid for infusion there will still be someone in the driver's seat monitoring the tests the car has a variety of sensors such as radars laser scanners and high-resolution cameras to map out its surroundings that's it for this tech news update I'm Bridget Carey you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet com / update