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When Driver and Car Share the Same Brain

Ten million driverless cars are expected to hit the road by 2020, according to a recent Business Insider report. Google and Apple are racing to join the automotive industry. Traditional car manufacturers are investing billions of dollars in R&D.

There are many reasons to believe that the car of the future will be autonomous. If so, we should expect people to identify

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