Apr 18, 2024 | Agriculture, Robots
To make weeding easier, scientists suggest bioengineering crops to be colorful or to have differently shaped leaves so that they can be more easily distinguished from their wild and weedy counterparts. This could involve altering the crops’ genomes so that they...
Apr 18, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Elon Musk has reportedly announced a round of mass layoffs at Tesla, according to Electrek. In an email reportedly sent to employees, the Tesla CEO announced that the carmaker would cut “more than 10%” of its global workforce. Last year, Tesla reported having just...
Apr 18, 2024 | Featured, Space
NASA’s delayed Dragonfly drone mission to Saturn’s largest moon Titan is on track to launch in July 2028, the space agency confirmed late Tuesday (April 16). The highly anticipated decision greenlights the mission team to proceed to final mission design...
Apr 18, 2024 | Diesel, Electric Vehicles, Solar
Silent Yachts launched the first Silent 62 3-Deck yacht, outfitted with 17 kWp of SunPower X400+ rigid glass solar modules and a newly enhanced 350 kWh LiFePO4 battery storage system, propelled by dual 340 kW electric motors. The CEO of Silent Yachts, Michael Köhler,...
Apr 18, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles
After Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a bill earlier this month that would have cleared the way for fully-autonomous, driverless vehicles — including trucks — to operate in the state, lawmakers overrode the veto, allowing the bill to become...
Apr 18, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, US Economy
New electric cars are cheaper than ever, and a robust used market is finally giving prospective buyers budget options. That’s good news for EV adoption overall, but frustrating for owners who bought EVs at high prices and are seeing their cars lose value at alarmingly...
Apr 18, 2024 | Robots, Space
Robotic engineers are no stranger to turning to nature for inspiration. In recent years, birds, dogs, extinct sea creatures, and even humans themselves have all served as jumping off point for new mechanical designs. Now, researchers from Stanford are citing the...
Apr 18, 2024 | 6G, Featured
As part of government-funded research, the University of Glasgow has developed a next-generation antenna which researchers claim could help deliver ultra-fast and 6G networks. The dynamic metasurface antenna (DMA) is claimed to be the first ever wireless antenna...
Apr 18, 2024 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles
The U.S. auto industry needs regulatory certainty from politicians in Washington and the back and forth as the White House changes hands doesn’t help, but the adoption rate of electric vehicles will continue to grow, Ford Motor’s executive chairman Bill...
Apr 11, 2024 | 3D Printing, Air Mobility
Throughout history, novelists, engineers and painters alike envisioned a wheeled vehicle that would allow human beings to get a taste of what birds, butterflies and bees enjoy freely: flight. In the 21st century, these vehicles are becoming a reality. How soon could...
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