Move over Silicon Valley, Pittsburgh is the new hub of tech innovation.

At least, it might seem that way, with Uber rolling out its pilot self-driving car program there this week. The ride-hailing service is making its driverless cars available to a select few at first as they test out the program. So what are the details of the program, and where might it land next?

In IT Blogwatch, we go for a spin.

What is the deal with self-driving Ubers? Dake Kang has the details:

Uber on Wednesday became the first company to make self-driving cars available to the general public…through a test program in Pittsburgh. 
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The Uber vehicles are equipped with…seven traffic-light detecting cameras…a radar system that detects different weather conditions… [and] 20 spinning lasers that generate a continuous, 360-degree 3-D map of the surrounding environment. During the test program, two engineers are…in front — a backup driver and another monitoring the car’s 3D map.

Who can hail one of these self-driving Ubers? Tim-o-tato makes it clear it’s not entirely clear:

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