May 30, 2024 | Food, Healthcare, Robots
In a recent perspective review published in the journal Nature Reviews Materials, researchers collate and discuss ongoing progress in edible materials and how these materials can be used to develop robotic foods and edible robots. They reference more than 150...
May 30, 2024 | Business, Electric Vehicles
The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) would impose a “significant burden” on auto suppliers, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said on Wednesday as Western automakers race to cut costs and compete with Chinese peers. Tavares said the challenge for automakers was...
May 29, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots
If a robot could cut down your next beauty service by more than half the time, would you let it? With the way things are going, it could become far more normalized than it sounds right now. Artificial intelligence and beauty have gone hand-in-hand for some time. From...
May 28, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
City governments are adopting electric vehicles faster than individual car buyers. While the results vary by region, and often differ widely among U.S. cities in the same state, most large cities have adopted some kind of climate goal, and some of them are buying EVs...
May 24, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles, Air Mobility, Featured
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued final airworthiness criteria for Archer Aviation’s Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. This regulatory milestone solidifies the path for Archer to achieve type certification for...
May 23, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robots
MAMA BEAR – which stands for Mechanics of Additively Manufactured Architectures Bayesian Experimental Autonomous Researcher – 3D prints small structures before gently placing them into a hydraulic press and crushes them. It measures the energy absorption of each...
May 22, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Safety
Electric or hybrid cars are more likely to hit pedestrians than diesel or gasoline powered cars, a new study has found. The research, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, found that while the more environmentally friendly cars are good for...
May 21, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, UK
The U.K.’s self-proclaimed “world-leading” regulations for self-driving cars are now official, after the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act received royal assent — the final rubber stamp any legislation must go through before becoming enshrined in law. The government says...
May 20, 2024 | Featured, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen, Trucks
from Digital Trends Honda remains committed to hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, but the market for those vehicles remains limited. So Honda is looking at other uses for fuel cells — including commercial trucks. To show how that could work, Honda converted a semi truck to...
May 16, 2024 | Defense, Space
With its perpetually upturned pectoral fins, and blunt nose, the Dream Chaser looks more like a killer whale than a spacecraft. But unlike an orca, the Dream Chaser will soon be going to orbit: it’s set to take food and supplies to the International...
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