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...
Jul 30, 2026 | Featured, Nuclear, Safety
When Hartlepool’s nuclear power station came online in 1983, it had an initial lifespan of 25 years. Now in its 43rd year, its operator has announced another extension. While the news has been welcomed by hundreds of employees, is it safe to keep doing so?...
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