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NBC's Harry Smith Talks with Jay Leno on why Leno Looks Forward to a Driverless Future Harry Smith, reporting for   “On Assignment,”  sits down with Jay Leno in his automobile "hanger" and gets Leno's forward looking thoughts on driverless cars(no one told Leno that he has to retrofit his 1971 Pantera). Smith also explores the driverless car revolution with the godfather of the technology, Sebastian Thrun , and Brad Templeton , a Silicon Valley pioneer who has worked on self-driving cars at Google. Smith tracks the movement’s origins from a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) challenge to current efforts of researchers racing to get self-driving cars on the road. The segment airs on   “On Assignment,” the limited series from “Dateline NBC,” airs on NBC   Sunday, June 5 at 7 p.m. ET /  6 p.m. CT .     Check out the preview below.

Happy Follow Friday! People's reactions to new technology always is entertaining. The WIRED channel at Conde Nast Entertainment's  The Scene takes 10 seniors for a ride in Varden Labs’ self-driving shuttle around UCSD’s campus. See their priceless reactions and comments.