Honda is set to launch a partial self-driving car during in Japan the summer next year. Its Legend sedan will boast a Level-3 autonomy system, which enables the vehicle to pilot itself for extended periods. According to a report, the car will retail for 10 million yen, roughly $91,000, compared to 7.2 million yen for the current standard model. The news was first shared by Nikkei Asian, which discovered Hondo will incorporated the partial self-driving technology into the Legend, Honda's flagship luxury sedan. Because it will be fitted with the technology, the car will be 40 percent more expensive than the standard model.

A self-driving Tesla comes with a hefty price tag, but a college student has given his Honda Civic similar abilities for a fraction of the cost. Brevan Jorgenson has unveiled a device that replaces the rear-view mirror, which controls the brakes, accelerator and steering – and it only cost $700 to build. The DIY device uses the hardware design and software shared online by Comma.ai last year, which had originally planned to upgrade cars with the technology. Brevan Jorgenson, a senior at the University of Nebraska, used the free online hardware designs and software that was shared by Comma.ai The device, called Neo, was set to be sold on Amazon but was canceled when regulators questioned its safety.

Brevan Jorgenson's grandma kept her cool when he took her for a nighttime spin in the Honda Civic he's modified to drive itself on the highway. A homemade device in place of the rear-view mirror can control the brakes, accelerator, and steering, and it uses a camera to identify road markings and other cars. "She wasn't really flabbergasted--I think because she's seen so much from technology by now," says Jorgenson, a senior at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. Others are more wary of the system, which he built using plans and software downloaded from the Internet, plus about $700 in parts. Jorgenson says the fact that he closely supervises his homebrew autopilot hasn't convinced his girlfriend to trust the gadget's driving.

Staging is serious business in presidential politics. Every detail--from the sign on the lectern to the demographics of everyone behind the candidate to (on one bizarre occasion this cycle) the raw slabs of meat dressing the set--is meant to convey who the candidate is and what the candidate stands for. So you can learn a lot juxtaposing the optics of the campaign speeches Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump gave last week on the future of the economy. While Clinton spoke from the center of a tech hub in Denver, surrounded by millennials tapping away on MacBooks, Trump addressed a crowd inside a scrap metal factory in a Pennsylvania steel town, standing before a wall of crushed aluminum cans. Before either candidate spoke, they'd cast two opposing visions.