Ionut Budisteanu: Engineering an Affordable Self Driving Car
Scientific in**vation, particularly the kind found at student science fairs and competitions, is thrilling. There's a sense of amazement when an individual accomplishes something ingenious or wildly clever. Enthusiasm is contagious among fair participants, who've been encouraged to lean into their brainpower. Maybe the best part: These young in**vators can — and truly want to — use their intellect to make life better for all. Twenty-year-old Romanian computer scientist Ionut Budisteanu, who won the Gordon E Moore grand prize at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) for his low-cost, self-driving car, has participated in more than 130 such competitions. Read more...