Nevada Issues Historic License to Paralyzed Race Car Driver
From: TechNewsWorld - 10/07/2016
By: David Jones

The state of Nevada last week issued paralyzed former Indy driver Sam Schmidt
a license to drive a specially made autonomous vehicle, equipped with a
series of high-tech sensors and other equipment that will allow him to
operate it with head motions, voice commands and breathing techniques.

The license allows Schmidt to operate the Arrow SAM car, a modified Corvette
Z06 developed by Arrow Electronics, alongside regular passenger traffic -- an
important development in the history of the burgeoning autonomous vehicle
industry.

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http://www.technewsworld.com/edpick/83974.html

Link:
Semi-Autonomous Vehicle Gets Disabled Racer Back in Driver’s Seat (with video 1:32)
http://www.digitaleng.news/virtual_desktop/2017/06/semi-autonomous-vehicle-gets-disabled-racer-back-drivers-seat