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California: Voters Say No to Prop. 30 and Taxing Rich for EVs

Nov 10, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Featured

California Proposition 30 would impose a 1.75% personal income tax increase on the top-earning Californians — for the share of their income above $2 million — per year to fund a suite of climate programs. But returns showed voters defeating the...

This Crazy Hacker Drone Uses Wi-Fi to ‘See Through Walls’

Nov 10, 2022 | Drones

A group of researchers at the University of Waterloo have turned a $20 drone into a terrifying implication about the future of surveillance. The drone hack, which is being called “Wi-Peep” by the researchers, was presented at the 28th Annual International Conference...

Amazon’s New Warehouse Robot Could One Day Replace Humans

Nov 10, 2022 | Featured, Jobs, Robots

Amazon on Thursday showed off a new robot that could one day assist warehouse workers with some of the more tedious aspects of the job. The company unveiled “Sparrow,” a robotic arm that can pluck millions of items of varying shapes and sizes, on stage at the...

BALLU, the Bipedal Balloon Robot Can Walk on Water or a Tightrope

Nov 10, 2022 | Robots

BALLU is a bipedal balloon robot that cannot fall down, according to its inventor, however it is not suitable for outdoor use because of wind. Watch Video at USA Today

First AV Demonstration in Luxembourg Traffic

Nov 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety

The University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Center for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) demonstrated its autonomous car in live traffic on Kirchberg today, Thursday, November 3, 2022. This represents the first time a single-family autonomous car has...