Hawaii students make history in first autonomous race car events

For most of the 20th century, we imagined that we'd soon live in a future with flying cars. Henry Ford himself predicted it in 1940. "Back to the Future," in 1985, promised flying DeLoreans in 2015.

As it turns out, we're still trying to figure out driving in two dimensions, with four wheels still squarely on the ground.

Even the latest tech available to …