Today’s Solutions: May 10, 2026

Here’s why the electric self-driving car will conquer society even faster than you now dare to imagine. Remember building a website twenty years ago? It took a lot of money and months of work. Today websites can be built in minutes using templates stored in the cloud. The same is happening with the technology necessary to build a self-driving car. Sensors, mapping, and open-source algorithms are all accessible in the cloud enabling small startup teams to quickly build their own cars. Here’s an example of a student startup that’s only months old and that stands ready to compete with the industry leaders.

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