Do you know George Hotz? If the name he's not telling you anything he's the hacker who unlocked the iPhone right after it was released in 2007.
Last year Mr. George Hotz or geohot as he was known at Internet, managed to grab the spotlight again when she presented an impressive technology using neural networks he had built and turned a conventional car into a self-driving vehicle.
His project started in the garage of his home and the tests were done in his own car.
In a nutshell, he managed to add to a 2016 Acura ILX, a laser radar (lidar) and with his own custom-made software competes with the Tesla autopilot.
With this technology in his hands Hotz managed to get a sponsor, who funded Comma.ai company with 3.1 million dollars, according to Recode.
Hotz's company aims to provide a car conversion kit for self-driving vehicles. The revolutionary kit will work on all modern cars and will cost "under $ 1.000."
The ambitious Mr. Hotz told Recode that he plans to approach automakers and ask them for access to their APIs. If the companies don't accept he doesn't intend to scrap it, but will consider amending it software of.