This car will use your brain-waves to help you drive

Jan 8, 2018

A Nissan employee removes his hands from the steering wheel as he test drives Nissan's new Serena minivan which is equipped with Propilot semi-automated driving functions, at the company's test drive facility in Yokosuka, Japan July 12, 2016. Picture taken July 12, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A mind-reading motor that responds quicker than you can. Image: REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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