Nvidia reveals the BB8, a self=driving car
Computing tech company Nvidia has launched the BB8, an autonomous vehicle that uses its self-driving supercomputer. The car gets its name from the adorable robot from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and identifies traffic lights, road signs and other vehicles. The company’s computing technology is being used by a range of automakers for autonomous vehicles, including Volvo and Audi.

This is BB8. It’s Nvidia’s autonomous car and it’s been driving around in California and New Jersey testing things out. It’s always nice when companies give their cars cutesy names (this one is, of course, borrowed from The Force Awakens) but between the upbeat music and the eager way the car explores the world with brightly colored boxes identifying other cars, traffic lights, and road signs, you can’t help but smile. Sure, we’ve seen similar videos before, but the fact that cars are freaking driving themselves is still mind blowing.