steve mahan. he turned blind and he spent a good amount of time with him just listening to stories. he was able to drive his car to work and now it takes him two and a half hours because he's relying on public transportation and so on. he's often unsafe when he navigates in new environments. it's hard to orient yourself. and this little piece of technology can transform steve's life. so for many weeks we have him drive to work everyday and pick him up after work, bring him back. it was a transformational experience. >> rose: tell me more about google x. >> i'm at the point where i have to punt. >> very secretive. >> google x has been a little bit overhyped. in the media obviously every company does research. i came from stanford university and other research labs and i'm a very unhappy person and i get bugged by things that are wrong so i got bugged by the fact that most research labs don't help their companies that much so i wanted a lab that is not research but it takes me out there like google glass at the time was really kind of a new area and turn them into products that really

steve mahan, who is legally blind, was one of the few employees to be in a car that drives itself. you're like, is this legal? totally legal. it was on a designated course, and understand that somebody was in the passenger seat at all times that could actually override the system should anything happen. you see the little thing on top of the car, you're probably wondering, whoa, what kind of technologies are inside and outside the vehicle. the one on top is actually a sensor. it looks around to spot anything 200 feet on each side. there is also a video camera on the dash. it's going to look for traffic, it's going to look for traffic lights, pedestrians, joggers. you punch in the light and it actually tells you where it's going, and in the front and the back, there's radar sensors. yes, this car is fully equipped when we talk about technologies, but the blind man having the capability not to rely on anybody else -- he went to taco bell, he went to the cleaners -- how cool is it that the future is already here? >> okay, so i know there are cars. i know the lexus can, i don't know ho

hunter mahan would surpass steve stricker in that category. >> i said about an hour and a half ago, this is the kind of win he needs. he's won by shooting spectacular rounds. this one he did it the old-fashioned way where he had to hang in there. let's take this last shot. hits a clutch drive and really released his right side there. hit it exactly where he was aiming, flushed it, did exactly what sean foley told him to do. keep the club swing together, arms sort of in sync and hit it flush and that will help you get that little baby draw. just fantastic. you see how much that means to him to hit those two shots he just hit. >> and of course it would be another win for a sean foley pupil. i asked sean this morning, you know, get away from the golf. what has really turned around hunter mahan's game. he said you know what it's been? it's been not adding value to the shot. in other words, he really used to think of himself, you know, by his golf. how it went on the golf course. he's gotten away from that. talked about how he's gotten married. i don't know if there's been a guy that's mature

hunter mahan would surpass steve stricker in that category. >> i said about an hour and a half ago, this is the kind of win he needs. he's won by shooting spectacular rounds. this one he did it the old-fashioned way where he had to hang in there. let's take this last shot. hits a clutch drive and really released his right side there. hit it exactly where he was aiming, flushed it, did exactly what sean foley told him to do. keep the club swing together, arms sort of in sync and hit it flush and that will help you get that little baby draw. just fantastic. you see how much that means to him to hit those two shots he just hit. >> and of course it would be another win for a sean foley pupil. i asked sean this morning, you know, get away from the golf. what has really turned around hunter mahan's game. he said you know what it's been? it's been not adding value to the shot. in other words, he really used to think of himself, you know, by his golf. how it went on the golf course. he's gotten away from that. talked about how he's gotten married. i don't know if there's been a guy that's mature