Jan 9, 2025 | Featured, Healthcare, Robots
Patients are recovering quicker and receiving improved care, thanks to robotic assisted surgery, a hospital trust has said. More than 200 patients at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have had the surgery, which uses a system called Da Vinci XI,...
Jan 9, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Tire Technology, Weather
Self-driving fleets are escorting record numbers of passengers around cities like Phoenix and San Francisco. But that isn’t the case in frigid Midwest outposts like Akron, Ohio, home to tire company Goodyear, where hands remain firmly on the steering wheel. “Snow...
Jan 9, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Climate, Smart Cities
The image of smog blanketing a traffic-choked urban highway has cemented the perception that cars are the primary source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the driving force behind climate change. In reality, gas-powered cars and vans account for only about 10%...
Jan 9, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Sensors
If you live in one of the roughly dozen US cities where autonomous vehicles are present, you likely recognize them by their eye-catching, spinning tops. These high-tech flappers are filled with sensors—usually a mix of LiDAR, radar, and cameras—that serve as the eyes...
Jan 8, 2025 | Drones, First Responders
DJI is well-known among consumers for its top-flight camera drones, but is just as invested in drones for industry, agriculture, and first responders. Its latest model, the Matrice 4, falls into the latter bucket. The drone is the ostensible replacement for the Mavic...
Jan 7, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
Uber will use Nvidia’s Cosmos platform and DGX Cloud to help its autonomous vehicle (AV) partners “build stronger AI models even more efficiently.” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said generative AI will “power the future of mobility, requiring...
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