Page 19 - Sam Schmidt News Today

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? respectable. laughter so lets see if sam can beat my flying lap of 1.50. well, the very best of luck, sir. confident? dont really need it, but 0k. laughter i mean, its honest! so... you know that bit about it not being a foregone conclusion? yeah, i dont stand a chance. right back at the first meeting we knew it was going to take mont...

From the engineers, resources from arrow and my time, and they thought it was funny after an hour i said, look guys, im very interested but not unless we can do 100mph. spencer laughs you know? you won. congratulations, 1.45. i mean, there was kind of no contest, really, was it. how do you feel being able to do this? you know, its so... i guess the best word i can use is freedom. you know, just... im in total control and theres very few things in my life that i have control over, you know, and t...

So please, wed love people to get in touch and find out more. great, just need some skills and sponsorship. lucy, thank you very much. right, time now to connect up to goodwood race track, where spencer is. hey, lara, that looked great. its amazing how the opportunity to race is opening up to more and more people. where are you exactly? yeah, funny story... 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 h...

Thank you so much forjoining us in our lab tour today. earlier on, i met sam schmidt, who took me for a few laps at goodwood. hitting 128mph using just his head and his mouth. now he has challenged me to do 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 fo...

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 that operating equipment without using arms or legs has many more applications than just on the racetrack. where i also see this technology being very beneficial is in the workplace. industrial applications, forklifts, harvesters, trains, i mean, its kinda...

Point _ where youre going to do not lean, point your— where youre going to do not lean, point your head. are you ready to -ive point your head. are you ready to give it_ point your head. are you ready to give it a _ point your head. are you ready to give it a shot? im ready to give it a shot _ give it a shot? im ready to give it a shot im— give it a shot? im ready to give it a shot. imjust give it a shot? im ready to give it a shot. im just going to let it go. and heres the thing from pretty...

Can ijust say, that was incredible. 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. ready to give it a shot? im ready to give it a shot. im just gonna let it go and then start puff...

1.50... is that good? respectable. laughter so lets see if sam can beat my flying lap of 1.50. well, the very best of luck, sir. confident? dont really need it, but 0k. laughter i mean, its honest! so... you know that bit about it not being a foregone conclusion? yeah, i dont stand a chance. right back at the first meeting we knew it was going to take months, we knew it was going to take a lot of commitment from the engineers, resources from arrow and my time, and they thought it was funny after...

To the world—famous endurance race, becoming the first all british disabled team to do so. this is a amazement and part terror. i am a passenger in a modulated chevrolet. but it is who are driving and how he is driving that is blowing my mind. we have met sam schmidt before. he is a racing driver who was paralysed in an accident in 2000. five years ago he took us for a ride to las vegas in a car that allowed him to drive using just his head and his mouth. so the steering system is an ir camera...

Blowing, negative pressure, sipping, that if your brake pedal. the soundcar is it legal to drive in the us and sam has a drivers license. and since 2016 the system has been fine tuned so it is not only safe and responsive enough to drive at road speeds but at race speeds. 128. wow. in fact, sam has taken this car up to 201 mph. anyway, the reality is that operating equipment without using arms or legs has many more applications than just on the racetrack. where i also see this technology being v...