Jun 27, 2024 | Military, Robots
More than 1.6 million tonnes of unexploded weapons litter the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Remote-controlled seabed crawlers and robots with “smart grabbers” are now cleaning up these toxic munitions. A boxy robot crawls across the seabed off northern...
Jun 27, 2024 | Space, Telecommunications
SpaceX just announced a new version of its Starlink satellite internet antenna that’s small enough to fit in a backpack. The Starlink Mini is a portable kit designed to provide access to the company’s satellite internet service for users on the go....
Jun 27, 2024 | Auto Industry, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Investment
The cash infusion is expected to help Rivian pay for development of its more affordable models. Volkswagen is investing $5 billion in Rivian, with the new joint venture expected to deliver new vehicles within the next five to ten years. Rivian’s founder and CEO,...
Jun 25, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence can increase productivity, boost economic growth, and lift incomes. However, it could also wipe out millions of jobs and widen inequality. Our research has already shown how AI is poised to reshape the global economy. It could...
Jun 21, 2024 | Featured, Internet of Things, Satellites, Space
An Electron lifted off from Pad B at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 2:13 p.m. EDT on June 20 (1813 GMT; 6:13 a.m. local New Zealand time on June 21). The rocket was operating with an instantaneous launch window but lifted off at the first...
Jun 20, 2024 | Robots, Solar
A solar farm development startup just received a boost, lining up $20 million in Series A funding from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Khosla Ventures. The company promises to cut down on land and labor needed, allowing solar to be built in previously...
Jun 20, 2024 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence
Scientists have trained an AI algorithm to count the number of flowers on fruit trees using only smartphone images. The system could predict the size of a harvest months in advance — saving farmers time, money, and water. Researchers from Chile,...
Jun 20, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
A pair of engineers at the University of Central Florida has found that autonomous vehicles are generally safer than those driven by humans except under two conditions. In their study, published in the journal Nature Communications, Mohamed Abdel-Aty and Shengxuan...
Jun 20, 2024 | Defense, Drones, Military
German defense contractor Rheinmetall has introduced a new containerized launcher system for the Hero family of loitering munitions, better known as kamikaze drones. A rendering shared by The War Zone shows the system as a modified shipping container equipped...
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