As he stated on, “You would push yourself to the limit at least ultimately. “Our plan is to power every autonomous vehicle that’s produced and make them so they can truly be safe and autonomous,” Russell said of his future vision. He first conceptualized and designed augmented reality and wireless power transmission projects during his last two years of high school, working as an independent researcher in the Tromberg lab at the BLIMC. Russell, a gifted student, memorized the periodic table by age four and transformed a Nintendo gaming headset into a cell phone by the sixth grade. “We’re able to see seven seconds out instead of one second,” Russell shared with Business Insider, “That’s a really big breakthrough.” Russell, CEO of Luminar Technologies Inc., developed an advanced laser lidar sensor system that detects a car’s surroundings in high-definition 3D, paving the way for self-driving cars to “actually work and be safe.”įor Russell, being a pioneer meant having the patience to build a better lidar system that would not only advance the industry, but do it in a field that could save people’s lives. Austin Russell, founder and CEO of Luminar, a company he set up at age seventeen to develop laser technology for self-driving cars, after dropping out of. Shortly after, he received a 100,000 fellowship from tech investor Peter Thiel and dropped out of Stanford University to focus on the burgeoning company. The company recently announced that it is partnering with the Toyota Research Institute to advance self-driving car technology. At age 22, Austin Russell, a former BLIMC high-school independent researcher, launched Luminar Technologies, Inc.
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