A ride. Hop in. Whats the main reaction you get from people riding in the car with you . Raj the typical reaction is one of anxiety and angst. Here, and occasionally fear and occasionally even panic attacks but then they basically watch the vehicle is able to drive, exactly stopping when it should stop. Ts actually riding fairly comfortably with a degree of comfort. We learn more about the move to selfdriving cars and professor raj rajkumar at the lab where his experimental car is kept and worked on. Dr. Raj rajkumar, whats your job here at Carnegie Mellon . Raj im a professor of electric engineering and robotics at Carnegie Mellon. Host howd you get into that . Raj i did my post graduate studies and got my masters at Carnegie Mellon. Then i left c. M. U. Joined i. B. M. Research for three years or so and i came back to c. M. U. Because i liked c. M. U. And pittsburgh that much. Host what kind of things do you work on . Raj i work on what are called embedded systems, the technical term
Broadband in the u. S. And, ultimately, globally. We think its a really great big opportunity to do that. Host its been described as a disrupter. [laughter] guest no. And its not just but really the next frontier in wireless communication is [inaudible] and what that really means is youre looking at ten times, fifteen times the frequent i of cellular operator. The big advantage of that, it gives you a [inaudible] you can pump about a thousand times more data. And one of the first use of that makes sense in wireline broadband replacement. So theres a huge trend were looking at, you know, what are the opportunities of using [inaudible] now, these things have other limitations as well. For example, they dont go as far as cellular signals do, they dont penetrate buildings, they have difficulty of operating at these frequencies, but if you can figure your way around those things, theres a lot of fun to be had. Host have you figured out a way around that . Guest we think so, yeah. Host okay.
Host chaitanya chet kanojia, what are you showing people here . Its a new company. Its about bringing a competitive altern aive to wired broadband to the u. S. And globally we think there is a really great big opportunity to do that. What is the Technology Behind that . Its not just starry thats doing this but really the next frontier in wireless communication is this. You are look at 10, 15 times the frequency of cellular operations and the big advantage is it gives you a tremendous amount of bandwidth, you can pump many times more data. One of the first uses of that that makes sense is in wireless broadband. Were looking at what are the opportunities in using it. These things have other limitations as well. For example, they dont go as far as other signals do. They dont penetrate buildings. They have a difficulty of operating at these frequencies but if you can figure out the way around those things, its a lot of fun. Have you figured out a way around them . We think so. Okay. Can yo
Cnbcs Lawrence Kudlow and bryant will discuss the similarities between john f. Kennedy and Ronald Reagans economic policy. Later that evening in brooklyn at the boca court bookstore, Dan Ackerman Dan Ackerman will report on the videogame, tetris. Its close to 1 billion in sales to date. We are back in new york on tuesday at the New York Public Library where Connie Martin will discuss the life of noah field, state Department Official turned soviet spy. On wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will discuss her life and career at the ritz carlton in mclean, virginia. Her state, historian heather and thompson will recall the prison uprising which resulted in the death of 39 people in september 1971. She will be joined in conversation by National Book Award Winning author Tanehisi Coates at the roosevelt house in new york city. On sunday in new york it is the brooklyn book festival featuring digital privacy, terrorism, economics, and more. That is a look at some of the progra
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