{"290091":{"#nid":"290091","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Children Born Today Will Never Ever Have to Drive a Car, Says Robotics Expert","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESelf driving cars seem like a far-out idea right now, but in the next 20 years, they will be totally common, says Dr. Henrik Christensen.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy current prediction is that kids born today will never have to drive a car,\u201d he said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UFlXoBqM8uY\u0022\u003Ein this interview\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with FW:Thinking. It\u2019s a reasonable conclusion \u2014 consider\u0026nbsp;Google\u2019s self-driving car system, which\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/joannmuller\/2012\/09\/26\/with-driverless-cars-once-again-it-is-california-leading-the-way\/\u0022\u003Eis already street-legal\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Nevada, Florida, Michigan, and California. (Texas has similar\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.legis.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=83R\u0026amp;Bill=HB2932\u0022\u003Elegislation already in the works\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2014-04-11 13:17:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:05","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"LZRD sleeve","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/driverless-cars-2014-4","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"91411","name":"fw:thinking"},{"id":"11890","name":"henrik christensen"},{"id":"81491","name":"Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)"},{"id":"79181","name":"national robotics week"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}