by dankeelan | Sep 17, 2020 | Car Sharing, Electric Vehicles
Uber is committing to being more environmentally friendly, announcing on Tuesday that all its vehicles around the globe will be electric by 2040. The ride-hailing app said it will spend $800 million through 2025 to help drivers switch to battery-powered vehicles,...
by dankeelan | Sep 17, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Cyber Security
Before autonomous vehicles participate in road traffic, they must demonstrate conclusively that they do not pose a danger to others. New software developed at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) prevents accidents by predicting different variants of a traffic...
by dankeelan | Sep 17, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Drones
Drones have been a problem for prisons for years now, where they’re often used to smuggle contraband behind bars. But could they also get inmates out of prison by airlifting them over the walls? That’s one worry expressed by federal prison officers in...
by dankeelan | Sep 17, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots
A new study finds people prefer their androids to have human-like features – up to a point. Psychologists at Emory University recently documented how people reacted to androids with a variety of features, from very human-looking to clearly machine-like....
by dankeelan | Sep 17, 2020 | Robots
A mobile robot company announced that it has completed building Wanda, a light-duty Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) that uses UVC lights to disinfect everything from plants and warehouses to hotels, office buildings and airplanes. RGGI is now in the testing phase where...
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