Gearing Up For the Driverless Car Revolution

The term “disruptive technology” generally calls to mind the tiny or unseen — phones and other devices, or the hidden back channels of the internet. But when it comes to sheer scale of impact, one serious contender for the 21st century’s pound-for-pound Disruptive Technology Champion might be the driverless car.

Sure, much of the early press coverage has the whiff of novelty. But not for long. The driverless car is poised to impact not just our daily commute, but also the way we travel, how we design our cars and roads, and the topography of our entire built environment—and soon. This is not a drill.

Rutt Bridges has been at the forefront of disruptive technology since the early 1980s, when he founded a software company catering to early microcomputers and PCs. Since then he’s served a term as president of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, founded the bipartisan Bighorn Center for Public Policy, and served on the College of Sciences Advisory Board at his alma mater, Georgia Tech.

Bridges’ interest in (and knack for) disruptive technology led him to the rapidly evolving world of driverless cars. The book which resulted is Driverless Car Revolution, a thoroughly researched and thoughtfully nuanced forecast of what the driverless car experience will look like, who it will impact, what it will cost, and how it will reshape our cities and our lives.

Join dozens of businesses and organizations from our local creative ecosystem supporting Denver Design Week! The Tuesday evening keynote is Reinventing Transportation: The Disruption of Driverless Mobility hosted by Rutt Bridges at Workplace Resource downtown. Start time is 6:30 p.m., and we’ll be providing some beverages and bites! Tickets are totally affordable, but also totally finite—first come, first served. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

But Wait, There’s More!

Self-Driving Cars Just Had One Of Their Best Months Yet
Read Rutt Bridges’ Op-Ed in The Denver Post
Get Driverless Car Revolution for just $1.99 on your tablet (or FREE with Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program)
See the full lineup of sessions and speakers at this year’s Denver Design Week