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Me using standard controls and sam using his controls to see who's fastest. what do you think? you my money's 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 don't break anything! you said that last time. we're here at the britcar championship while spencer is getting ready for the race of his life down in goodwood, and we'll be catching up with him injust a bit. in a moment, we want to talk space tech and show you the secret life of a lab technician at mit, but right now we're not leaving track—side. it's kind of over th...

Are you gonna take myjob away? uh, haha, that was pretty emotionalfor me because actually, it wasn't 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 aren't mad racing drivers. i need a few more laps. honestly, that was incredible but also really hard, i'm actually a much better driver than that with normal controls, i promise you. i think that's a challenge, then. why don't you do a lap with the normal controls, i'll use my controls, we'll see who's faster. umm... can i phone a friend? oh, hi. hey, lara, so, y...

What an honour! what a thrill! what a potential humiliation! to drive the car, you're gonna point your nose where you wanna go. don't lean, leaning's not gonna work, you actually have to rotate your head. ready to give it a shot? i'm ready to give it a shot. i'm just gonna let it go, and then start puffing. and here's 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, sam's car looks after me. well, how was it? are you gonna take myjob away? uh, haha, that was pretty emotional for me because actually it wasn't as...

It was going to be. and so it kinda shows how this kind of control system could be used by ordinary people who aren't mad racing drivers. i need a few more laps. honestly, that was incredible but also really hard, i'm actually a much better driver than that with normal controls, i promise you. i think that's a challenge, then. why don't you do a lap with the normal controls, i'll use my controls. we'll see who's faster. umm... can i phone a friend? 0h, hi. hey, lara. yeah, it's me. sam'sjust challenged me to do a lap of the track. me using standard controls and sam using his controls to see wh...

So we have a tube connected to a pressure sensor. positive pressure, blowing — that's your accelerator pedal. negative pressure, sipping — that's your brake pedal. the sam car is legal to drive in the us and sam has a driver's license. and since 2016, the system has been fine—tuned so that it's 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 r...