Driverless cars? Maybe. Lab grown meat? Not so much. % who would/would not do the following ifpossible
Of the three inventions we asked them about, Americans are most interested in riding in a driverless car: 48% would like to do this if given the opportunity, while 50% say this is something they would not want to do. College graduates are particularly interested in giving driverless cars a try: 59% of them would do so, while 62% of those with a high school diploma or less would not. There is also a geographical split on this issue: Half of urban (52%) and suburban (51%) residents are interested in driverless cars, but just 36% of rural residents say this is something they’d find appealing.
Other potential inventions appeal to a much smaller proportion of the public. One quarter of Americans (26%) say they would get a brain implant to improve their memory or mental capacity if it were possible to do so, while 72% would not. College graduates are the main demographic group that stands out on this issue: 37% of them would be willing to get a performance-enhancing brain implant if given the chance.
Similarly, just one in five Americans (20%) would be willing to eat meat that was grown in a lab. Men express a greater willingness to do so than women (27% of men and 14% of women say they would give lab grown meat a try), and college graduates are around three times as likely as those who have not attended college to say this is something they’d attempt (30% vs. 11%).
Driverless cars? Maybe. Lab grown  | meat? Not so much.  | % who would/would not do the following ifpossible  | Would not Would  | Ride ina driverless car  | 50  | 48  | Bra in implant to improve  | 72  | 26  | memory for menta capacity  | Eat meat grown Tina lab 78  | 20  | Pew Research Center February13-18 2014 survey, n=1 001  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 