I was reading this and came to this about autonomous cars:

Full autonomy will take longer but is probably not more than 5 years away.

Then I looked at the publication date and saw that the article was 4 years old. From the more recent articles I've read, self-driving cars seem to have been a little tougher than originally expected. Still, the article has some good points.

We are past the 10 to 15 year cycle awaiting the next great breakthrough in technology.