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Schmidt before. he is 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. to drive using 'ust his head and his mouth. , _ , , to drive using 'ust his head and his mouth. , , ., mouth. so, the steering system is an ir camera system — mouth. so, the steering system is an ir camera system on _ mouth. so, the steering system is an ir camera system on whichever- mouth. so, the steering system is an ir camera system on whichever way i ir camera system on whichever...

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 racetrack. where i also see this technology being very beneficial is in the workplace. industrial applications, forklifts, harvesters, trains, i mean, it's kinda scary but i could operate a train, you ...

And how he's driving, that is blowing my mind. we have met sam schmidt before. he's 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, it's an ir camera system on whichever way you turn your head steers the car. he'll turn his head angle into a steering angle. the gas and brake, it's a sip and puff system, so we have a tube connected to a pressure sensor. positive pressure, blowing, that's your accelerator pedal. negative pressure, sip...

Right. earlier on, i met sam schmidt. he's taken me for a few laps at goodwood, hitting 128 miles an hour, using just his head and his mouth. now, he's challenged me to do a faster lap than him, me with conventional controls and him with his controls. if this goes wrong, make sure they edit it kindly, won't you, lara? i've spoken to some of the team here and they say, you know, the black stuff on the track? yeah. stay on that. thanks. all right, wish me luck. see, in my mind, this isn't a foregone conclusion in some ways

With the normal controls, i'll use my controls. we'll see who's faster. umm... all right, wish me luck. cani can i phone a friend? sam'sjust challenged me to do a lap of the track. me using standard controls and sam using his controls to see who is fastest.— and sam using his controls to see who is fastest. what do you think? my money's _ who is fastest. what do you think? my money's on _ who is fastest. what do you think? my money's on him. _ who is fastest. what do you think? my money's on him. he _ who is fastest. what do you think? my money's on him. he is - who is fastest. what do you t...