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New Traffic Signals In Springboro Will Use AI To Ease Congestion

Feb 13, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Smart Cities, Traffic

New traffic signals will be installed in Springboro that city officials say will use smart technology to help ease road congestion. City Council on Thursday approved a resolution to replace the controller units in all 16 of the city’s managed traffic signals with new...

Tiny Spacecraft Could Travel Across Interstellar Space With This ‘Trampoline’ Lightsail

Feb 13, 2025 | Space

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry tiny spacecraft to distant star systems. The new findings detail a method to measure the force of laser light on what are known as...

Green Hydrogen Plane Plans For Nonstop 9-Day Trip Around Earth

Feb 13, 2025 | Aviation, Featured, Hydrogen

When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about climate change but held little promise of revolutionizing air travel. Now, the 66-year-old Swiss...

Humanoid Robot Manufacturer Apptronik Raises $350M

Feb 13, 2025 | Robots

Apptronik, a University of Texas spin-out that was quietly building humanoid robots before it became quite so fashionable, on Thursday announced a $350 million Series A round of financing. B Capital and Capital Factory co-led the round, which also featured...

Lyft To Roll Out Autonomous Rides In 2026

Feb 13, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Rideshare

Rideshare company Lyft will bring another self-driving technology to the North Texas market, one of its co-founders announced Monday. The company previously announced in November it would launch self-driving cars in Atlanta. Now, the company says its autonomous...