George Hotz, an 26-year hacker who lives in San Francisco, thinks he can build autonomous driving vehicles with a device that costs only a thousand dollars. You will be able to customize the device in the car you are driving now.
Hack that technology: Εταιρείες όπως η Mercedes, η Tesla, και η Google ξοδεύουν millions dollars to develop self-driving vehicle technology.
Using his car, an Acura ILX 2016 as a test platform, Hotz took about a month to build and integrate an electronic stand-alone platform.
They are one screen 21,5 inches in dashboard, a minicomputer running Linux, GPS sensors built into the passenger glove box, and cameras placed around the car.
All this material works with Hotz software that adapts it to "learn" how to drive like a human.
Ο Hotz έχει καταφέρει ήδη δημιουργήσει όνομα στην τεχνολογική κοινότητα. Είναι κυρίως γνωστός με το ψευδώνυμο “Geohot” που χρησιμοποιούσε στα 17 ετών όταν ξεκλειδώσετε το iPhone. A few years later, he unlocked Sony's Playstation 3 and posted all the technical details on his website. Of course the company sued him, but the case was settled out of court.
Μετά από σύντομη θητείες στο Google, SpaceX, και το Facebook, σπούδασε τεχνητή νοημοσύνη στο Πανεπιστήμιο Carnegie Mellon.
Now Hotz hopes to build his own technology for self-propelled vehicles that he can sell directly to consumers or car companies through his startup, comma.ai.
Look no hands!
In the following video (from Bloomberg), you can see what has been accomplished so far.