Taking Flight: Udacity Founder Sets His Sights On The Skies
At Udacity, we always enjoy being surprised and delighted by new stories from the world of technology. We love to share these stories when we discover them, and today we’d like to share a story about someone you may be familiar with … Sebastian Thrun!
As you know, Sebastian Thrun is the founder of Udacity. What you may not know, is that he is also the CEO of a heretofore-stealthy startup funded by Larry Page of Google that goes by the name of Kitty Hawk. What does Kitty Hawk make?
Wait for it … wait for it …
Flying cars.
As unreal as this may seem, the story is actually breaking now. The New York Times published an article today describing a demonstration of the company’s prototype vehicle up at Clear Lake north of San Francisco. Kitty Hawk in fact says a commercial version of their “Flyer” will be available for purchase by the end of this year.
Sebastian recently spoke about tackling the unimaginable in a chat with Wired about the future of robotics. In that interview he points out that many things that were inconceivable just a decade ago are now reality. He envisions a future where advancements in robotics allow us to “free our minds and develop a humanity that is completely unimaginable today.”
This idea of robotics representing the emancipation of our intellectual and creative powers to pursue the impossible is central to so many of the programs we offer — Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Self-Driving Cars, and more. The aspiring learners who are enrolling in these programs together represent a collective commitment to transformation; to making the seemingly impossible real.
All of us here at Udacity are proud to join Sebastian in offering cutting-edge programs that empower you to master the skills of the future — the skills you’ll use to make your own dreams take flight.
Our newest offering is the Robotics Nanodegree Program, where you can develop the skills you’ll need to join the next generation of engineers re-shaping the world through the power of robotics. Check out the Term 1 syllabus for the program and Apply today!
