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You are just incredible. i think really you should try the car from over here with my controls. 0k. im happy to do that, but not at that speed. well, this is a first. what an honour. what a thrill! what a potential humiliation! to drive the car, youre gonna point your nose where you wanna go. dont lean — leanings not gonna work — you actually have to rotate your head. wow. ready to give it a shot? im ready to give it a shot. im just gonna let it go, and then start puffing. and heres the thin...

Im in total control and theres very few things in my life that i have control over, you know, and to be able to steer and gas and brakejust like the old days... sam, thanks for being so inspiring. ive gotta make a call now and let someone know how i did. thanks, spencer. uh—oh. hey, lara. yeah, sam beat me. not a surprise, really, when you think about it. no, but you did well. how do you feel? i feel inspired, very humble, a bit sick and glad its over. anyway, ill see you later. that is it for...

A faster lap than him, me with conventional controls at him with his controls. if this goes wrong, make sure they edit it kindly. ive spoken to some of the team here and they say, you know the black stuff on the track, stay on that. thanks. all right, wish luck. see, in my mind this isnt a foregone conclusion. in some ways, i have an advantage. i know this circuit and im using the same controls that i have for my entire adult life. all right. hi. well, howd i do? 1.50... is that good? respectabl...

This is a look of part amazement and part terror. im a passenger in a modified chevrolet corvette c8 stingray, but its who is driving, and how hes driving that is blowing my mind. weve met sam schmidt before. hes a racing driver who was paralysed in an accident in 2000, and five years ago, he took us for a ride through las vegas in a car that allowed him to drive using just his head and his mouth. so, the steering system, its an ir camera system and whichever way you turn your head steers the ca...

That is already in space. demis mirrors reflect distracting, unwanted light away, giving scientists a better look at far—away planets. the demis tracked by our rooftop antenna so we can see when its closest to boston to send comments or collect data from it. we could find life outside our planet for the first time in the next few decades. our goal now is to have new star lab satellites launched every couple of years. thank you so much forjoining us in our lab tour today. earlier on, i met sam ...

Me using standard controls and sam using his controls to see whos fastest. what do you think? you my moneys on him. he is a race car driver — you do know that? yes, i am aware of that. thank you. wish me luck. good luck. and dont break anything! you said that last time. were here at the britcar championship while spencer is getting ready for the race of his life down in goodwood, and well be catching up with him injust a bit. in a moment, we want to talk space tech and show you the secret life...

Are you gonna take myjob away? uh, haha, that was pretty emotionalfor me because actually, it wasnt as hard as i thought it was going to be. and so, it kinda shows how this kind of control system could be used by ordinary people who arent mad racing drivers. i need a few more laps. honestly, that was incredible but also really hard, im actually a much better driver than that with normal controls, i promise you. i think thats a challenge, then. why dont you do a lap with the normal controls, ill ...

What an honour! what a thrill! what a potential humiliation! to drive the car, youre gonna point your nose where you wanna go. dont lean, leanings not gonna work, you actually have to rotate your head. ready to give it a shot? im ready to give it a shot. im just gonna let it go, and then start puffing. and heres the thing, from pretty much the start of the first lap, i get it. it does take a lot of concentration but as long as i stay focused, sams car looks after me. well, how was it? are you go...

It was going to be. and so it kinda shows how this kind of control system could be used by ordinary people who arent mad racing drivers. i need a few more laps. honestly, that was incredible but also really hard, im actually a much better driver than that with normal controls, i promise you. i think thats a challenge, then. why dont you do a lap with the normal controls, ill use my controls. well see whos faster. umm... can i phone a friend? 0h, hi. hey, lara. yeah, its me. samsjust challenged m...

So we have a tube connected to a pressure sensor. positive pressure, blowing — thats your accelerator pedal. negative pressure, sipping — thats your brake pedal. the sam car is legal to drive in the us and sam has a drivers license. and since 2016, the system has been fine—tuned so that its now not only safe and responsive enough to drive at road speeds, but at race speeds. 123, 128... 128, wow! er... in fact, sam has taken this car up to 201mph. not today, though. anyway, the reality is t...