A Student Spent $700 to Make His Car Drive Itself – Futurism

In Brief

The next generation of transportationis here: autonomous cars. And this innovation isnt exclusively available within the ranks of Tesla it can also be found in the humble guise of aHonda Civic parked on the campus of the University of Nebraska, Omaha.

AUniversity of Nebraska senior, Brevan Jorgenson, shelled out a mere $700 foropen sourcesoftwarethat he used to turn his vehicle into a self-driving car. Jorgenson was an early beta-tester for theucomma.ai, an ultimately unsuccessful company that had hoped to make autonomous driving affordable and easy to applyto any car. While fortune did not side with ucomma.ai,it seems to have smiled upon Jorgenson, who was able to utilize what he knew to let his car drive itself on the freeway.

But is this up to code? Is Jorgenson required to adhere to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulationson self-driving cars? After all, it was because of all the NHTSA requirements that comma.ai decided to call it quits.

Well, luckily for Jorgenson, these regulations only apply to companies that distribute and sell self-driving cars. Consumers, on the other hand, have farmore liberty forupgrading their vehicles to enter the new era of self-driving vehicles. The only stipulation is that insurance will notcover anything related to self-driving, thereby holding consumersculpable for any potential damage. Drive or simply ride safely!

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