Varun Mukund, a seventh grader from Texas, submitted this essay in response to our November Your Turn prompt. Coming in the not-so-distant future are self-driving cars that might as well just take over the entire sector of transportation that we know as the automotive … [Read more...]
Self-Driving Cars—Are They Worth It?
Brenna Newsom, an eighth grader from Georgia, submitted this essay in response to our November Your Turn prompt. As we get more and more advanced in our technology, we must wonder about the ethics of some of these new inventions. One invention that is moving towards … [Read more...]
TIPsters on Cars
Today's TIPsters are the ones who will shape tomorrow's technology. (Trust us: we've been watching it happen for almost forty years.) And since self-driving cars are part of that future, we wanted to hear from current TIPsters who are interested in cars to see what direction they … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
There aren't any classic novels about self-driving cars (at least not that we could think of). But there are plenty of classic novels about the thing that self-driving cars help you do: travel. And when it comes to futuristic journeys, one of the first that comes to mind is … [Read more...]
An Inside Look a Tiny, Autonomous Car
Seth Hollar is an engineering professor and entrepreneur who is involved—fittingly enough—with North Carolina State's Engineering Entrepreneurship Program. He works with college students who want to start their own companies. Their current focus is EcoPRT. The budding … [Read more...]