by dankeelan | Dec 17, 2020 | Healthcare, Robots, Work
For decades, the attitude of unions and their advocates to increased automation could be summed up in one word: no. They feared that every time a machine was slipped into the workflow, a laborer lost a job. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a small but significant...
by dankeelan | Dec 17, 2020 | Climate, Media
Critics have long attacked the oil industry for ad campaigns that they call “greenwashing” – telling people that policies or products are more environmentally friendly than they really are. But the ad agencies behind the campaigns have largely...
by dankeelan | Dec 17, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
A clinical research study published in the British Journal of Surgery shows that fluorescence guidance (where a fluorescent chemical compound re-emits light with a long wavelength) can enable a colorectal surgeon to assess cancer tissues visually and with more...
by dankeelan | Dec 17, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Defense
A university in South Carolina is teaming up with the U.S. Army to create models for self-driving military vehicles. The research project at Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research in Greenville will be funded by a $18 million grant from the...
by dankeelan | Dec 17, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Rideshare
Lyft announced on Wednesday that it will begin offering fully autonomous vehicles to its customers in 2023. In partnership with Motional, the cars will be available in a select group of U.S. cities that have yet to be announced. Motional has worked with...
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