He enrolled in the NYC Data Science Academy 12-week full time Data Science Bootcamp program taking place between July 5th to September 23rd, 2016. This post is based on their second project - R Shiny, due on 4th week of the program. The original article can be found here. Google, Tesla, and other automakers such as BMW, Daimler-Mercedes, and General Motors are all presenting visions of a future where most or all of the responsibilities and tasks of driving are no longer yours. A big benefit of automated driving will be an anticipated reduction in fatal motor vehicle accidents.

This past weekend, I drove a Tesla for the first time and man was it awesome. A powerful machine that makes no noise on the outside with the latest in software replacing a historically clunky user experience on the inside. It felt like an iPad on wheels and was a driving experience that painted my imagination as to what the future of the automobile is. Lately, and rather quickly, dialogue around self driving cars has moved from tech silos to mainstream media. Cars are a significantly underutilized asset (96% of the time they are parked), they take up a disproportionate amount of real estate (all the parking lots in the US are equivalent to the size of Connecticut!), humans are bad drivers (accident frequency is going up and to the right), and climate change is real (despite what Washington thinks these days). Beyond saving lives and protecting the environment (as if those issues weren't enough), the implications for existing business models will be transformative.