Bloomberg businessweek jim ellis. I want to start at the business, because there is a fascinating story. We had the auto show underway in detroit. When we think of self driving, we think of the auto manufacturers, but you also have to think about the paint manufacturers. We think this technology is all about sensors and hightech things and now some of the most ,ldschool companies around paint manufacturers are key to the new technology. It turns out that for all the sensors we are equipping newfangled cars with, Autonomous Vehicles need to be able to bounce off another oncoming vehicle or vehicles around and they judge the distance between them, they do crucial to make this work. Problem is, there is a blind spot these cars these sensors cantnd that his people read very well cars that are black or dark colored. Carol and there are a lot out there. James that is it, the bouncing needed to determine distance between things doesnt happen with black. Paint manufacturers are coming up with
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