"Kuwait stands as a beacon of creativity on the world's stage."
That's how the marketing director of a Middle Eastern telecommunications company is framing his company's sponsorship of a team of young Kuwaiti engineers working on a self-driving car, Mashable reports.
"Our vision goes beyond providing services; we aim to be digital enablers empowering empowering communities by fostering creativity," Ooredoo Kuwait's marketing director says in a press release.
The team's goal is to develop a prototype of a self-driving car called the AirBraking System (SABS).
It's a bit of a nuts-and-bolts project: The team plans to build a prototype of the AirBraking System and have it ready for testing in 2024, according to the press release.
The team is working with Kuwait University on the project. Read the Entire Article
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