Ventura, Marne. Google Glass and Robotics Innovator: Sebastian Thrun. 2014. 32p. ISBN 978-1-4677-2459-3. B THR on the library shelves.
When one of his friends died in a car accident, Sebastian Thrun vowed he would make cars safer. Originally from Germany, he graduated with degrees in computer science, economics and medicine before moving to the United States and working as a research computer scientist and as a computer science teacher at Stanford University.
Working with a small team, they entered a contest for a self-driving car, and they won the competition. This project eventually led to Google’s self-driving car, which has logged over 140,000 miles of driving without an accident. He also created Google Street View and has participated in the development of Google Glass.
Read Thrun’s fascinating life in the world of computers and discover the passions that led him to accomplish all of these projects.
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