Ben Jones | June 18, 2007
"Random Monday Fun @ MIT"
Check out this picture... looks normal, right?
My friend took this picture with his cell phone last thursday and sent it to me. The text that accompanied it said simply:
There's no one in the driver's seat. Just a guy in the passenger seat. With a laptop.
For the record, that's on 93 South - a major highway. Okay then!
And then this morning, McGreggor sends me this, which is pretty awesome. (I feel like this may have been posted in the blogs already but I can't find it, so sorry if it's a repeat.)
Happy Monday!
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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL PANIC DAY, BAN
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Posted by: JKim on June 18, 2007 11:57 AM
the sigma nu lip snyc video was soooooo cool! thanks for telling me to watch it. =)
Posted by: abbey on June 18, 2007 12:57 PM
Wait...was he driving it with the computer?? Or was it not moving?
Posted by: Anonymous on June 18, 2007 02:06 PM
If I recall correctly, here in California there is a law which states that any vehicle without a driver may not exceed 60 miles per hour. I wonder what exactly constitutes a "driver" in this context... :-D
Posted by: Greg Courville on June 18, 2007 02:26 PM
The car was moving, and he wasn't even driving it with the computer, just monitoring it probably :-)
Check out the DARPA Grand Challenge Race!
It's a competition to build an entirely autonomous ground vehicle capable of carrying a person without human intervention. Last year it was in a desert, this year its in an urban setting. Very cool stuff. :-)
Posted by: Adam '11 on June 18, 2007 02:28 PM
WOWOWOWOWWOW :) :) :)
I totally love this pic (and the message ;). It symbolyzes what MIT means to me! =)
Posted by: yg'11 on June 18, 2007 02:30 PM
I guess this means DARPA is going well then! w00t MIT
Posted by: Snively on June 18, 2007 03:21 PM
There was an article with that car in it either in Discover or Popular Science earlier this year, I can't remember which. That's awesome that they've gotten it to the point where it can drive around in traffic!
MIT >>> Stanford at DARPA.
Posted by: Maia '11 on June 18, 2007 03:39 PM
Wait, where'd that Sigma Nu video come from? I'm so confused...
Posted by: Laura on June 18, 2007 03:56 PM
MIT > Stanford, period.
Oh no, I'm not biased ;)
That's EXCITING, though! Imagine, just having your car drive you around? You can sleep, eat, etc and not worry, you'll just get there!
MIT. The more I read, the more I can't WAIT until August.
Posted by: Wings '11 on June 18, 2007 05:02 PM
AXO lip sync 2004, apparently.
Posted by: hawk on June 18, 2007 05:07 PM
I guess I was a judge for AXO Lip Sync the wrong year =(
Posted by: madmatt on June 18, 2007 05:21 PM
My friend Rob (friend who thinks I'm weird for photographing my food for blogging purposes) is working on that car! ZOMG.
Posted by: Bryan on June 18, 2007 06:11 PM
I already linked to International Panic Day, Adam '11, WAY TO STAY ON TOP OF THE COMMENTS MAN
Posted by: Jess on June 18, 2007 07:24 PM
Interesting Sigma Nu video... honestly if there were a frat that was like a 1920's gangster hideout with Michael Jackson playing nonstop I'd probably join it.
Posted by: Harrison on June 18, 2007 09:45 PM
Their's a guy in new delhi who can drive with elan without sitting on the driver's seat(on top of that he reads a newspaper!)!!dunno how sumone can stretch their legs sooo much!infact the last time he did so...he was followed by a national news channel ....the channel wanted to know how he controlled the ghost driving the car!!!!
Posted by: crespo on June 18, 2007 11:15 PM
For some reason, I have a sudden urge to quote The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
DON'T PANIC!
Posted by: Paul '11 on June 18, 2007 11:54 PM
I can't see any picture. I think it's a technical problem.
Posted by: Omorx on June 19, 2007 06:03 AM
Good on'ya, Ben! You've just made me more wanting to go to MIT immediately, you know! I've still gotten a year of high school to deal with!!! How am I gonna wait for it?
Posted by: Ronny CHEN on June 19, 2007 07:15 AM
This is almost as good (this year's lip sync): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6w0NcW_xXA
Posted by: A on June 19, 2007 01:04 PM
"Don't Panic" is such a nice song.
And "Garden State" is such a good movie... *sigh*
Posted by: milena '11 on June 19, 2007 01:47 PM
just amazing and this is just great.
this is by far the coolest thing I have heard so far....
I plead ben to bring up some more of stuff like this ...
bloggers here and to all MIT bloggers just don't know what this means to a person in a third world developing country...
Posted by: omg! on June 21, 2007 09:58 PM
