Aug 6, 2026 | Aerial Vehicles, Featured
The H1-X was officially unveiled earlier this year, along with SOUL AI, the company’s digital co-pilot operating system. The H1-X combines a tandem-wing configuration with ducted fans and dual-axis propulsion. High-end aviation technology onboard includes a...
Aug 6, 2026 | Featured, Hydrogen
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have achieved a major milestone in hydrogen power by operating a new compressorless gas turbine for a record 303 seconds. The burner uses an advanced form of pressure-gain combustion and surpassed NASA’s...
Aug 6, 2026 | Batteries, BEV, Electric Vehicles
Buying an electric vehicle in the U.S. can seem less compelling than it once did. Sales have slowed, some major automakers have pulled back parts of their EV plans, and the disappearance of the federal tax incentive has made already high prices even harder...
Aug 6, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Steel
Three former SpaceX engineers are opening an automated steel fabrication factory in Cincinnati. 1872, the engineers’ startup, recently announced the factory launch after securing $15 million in seed funding through private funds advised by The O.H.I.O. Fund. According...
Aug 6, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Freight, Trucks
South Korea’s largest logistics operator announced August 6 that it will deploy autonomous freight trucks on four inter-terminal corridors inside Daegu — a 2.4-million-person city — starting in October, marking the first time any Korean logistics company has run...
Aug 6, 2026 | Drones, First Responders, Michigan
Red and blue flashing lights spotted over the city have been traced to a new, advanced police drone. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety recently completed a six-day, no-cost “Drone as First Responder” pilot evaluation using a drone system provided by Axon in...
Aug 6, 2026 | Cyber Security, Featured, Robots
The ban is under the auspices of the FCC. I provide an analysis of the key rationale and stipulations that the federal agency announced in its official proclamation of July 27, 2026. The overall gist is that people are increasingly buying and using humanoid robots in...
Aug 5, 2026 | Featured, Space
A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage hit the moon early on Wednesday, creating a fresh impact crater and adding to the growing amount of human-made debris scattered across the lunar surface. The 45-foot (13.8-meter) upper stage struck the moon at around 5,400 mph...
Aug 3, 2026 | Auto Industry, Auto Tech, Training
TRAINING FROM INTREPID CONTROL SYSTEMS Carl Anthony interviewed Intrepid’s Senior Field Engineer Jim Meyer about Vehicle Spy Data Logging and ICS training classes. The cost of test vehicles has forced OEMs and suppliers to decrease their testing fleets;...
Aug 3, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robotaxis
Uber was, at one time, developing and testing its own autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. The company, then led by Travis Kalanick, created Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) in 2014 and recruited dozens of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s robotics...
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