Apr 25, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles, China, Featured
The EHang EH216-S autonomous flying taxi is the first eVTOL ready for mass production and could lead the way for flying cars around the world. Autonomous flying taxis could soon be a reality after vehicle manufacturer EHang obtained the world’s first production...
Apr 25, 2024 | Robots, Space
This summer, a group of scientists will travel to Oregon’s snow-capped Mt. Hood to train a dog-shaped robot named Spirit how to walk. The slopes of Mt. Hood are strewn with volcanic rocks and sprinkled with glaciers, a rugged environment that researchers think...
Apr 25, 2024 | Autonomous Ships, Robots
The world’s oceans, lakes and rivers are under mounting pressure from climate change, growing demand, urbanization, and pollution, threatening their ability to sustain life. Without better data to understand the health of increasingly stressed waterways, the fight to...
Apr 25, 2024 | Environment, Space
Colorado has led the nation on regulating methane emissions and now companies in the state are major contributors to a new satellite expected to be an important tool in identifying and quantifying the emissions globally. Space & Mission Systems, formerly Ball...
Apr 25, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
Mercedes is now the first automaker to sell a car with advanced autonomous features in the United States, meaning the vehicle doesn’t technically require drivers to pay close attention to the road. As of April 11, Mercedes had 65 vehicles that support its...
Apr 18, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Government, Regulation
Two prominent Senate Democrats are calling for increased scrutiny of autonomous vehicles and advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS) like Tesla’s Autopilot, arguing that the unimpeded flow of highly automated vehicles on public roads in recent years risks exacerbating...
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,...
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