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Google's driverless car

3,395,948 views | Sebastian Thrun • TED2011

Sebastian Thrun helped build Google's amazing driverless car, powered by a very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accidents. Jawdropping video shows the DARPA Challenge-winning car motoring through busy city traffic with no one behind the wheel, and dramatic test drive footage from TED2011 demonstrates how fast the thing can really go.

Sebastian Thrun helped build Google's amazing driverless car, powered by a very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accidents. Jawdropping video shows the DARPA Challenge-winning car motoring through busy city traffic with no one behind the wheel, and dramatic test drive footage from TED2011 demonstrates how fast the thing can really go.

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Sebastian Thrun

Sebastian Thrun

Educator, entrepreneur

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Sebastian Thrun is a passionate technologist who is constantly looking for new opportunities to make the world better for all of us.

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