Nov 30, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Electric vehicles may be the future, but in some ways they look a lot like the past. Particularly reliability. That’s the bottom line from Consumer Reports’ eagerly anticipated annual reliability survey, which sounds like an ‘80s tribute act: the top tier, brands...
Nov 30, 2023 | Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects a shortage of agricultural workers able to use new technologies and plans to help two Missouri universities better train them. Lincoln University in Jefferson City and Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla...
Nov 16, 2023 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Government
Artificial intelligence is already a workhorse in the technology that allows tractors to identify weeds and tailor herbicide spraying, determine when a crop is ready to harvest and weave together satellite and soil data to make efficient use of fertilizer. But Senate...
Nov 16, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Drones
Police helicopters could be replaced with military-grade drones as part of a major tech upgrade across some forces in England and Wales. Chairwoman of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners Donna Jones revealed chiefs have been “pushing strongly”...
Nov 16, 2023 | 3D Printing, Robots
3D printers are capable of producing complex shapes, but making functioning objects from multiple materials in a single print-run has proved challenging. To overcome this, a team has combined inkjet printing with an error-correction system guided by machine vision, to...
Nov 16, 2023 | Featured, Hydrogen, Trucks
Jim Gillis is making a big bet on hydrogen-powered big rigs. Gillis, president of the Pacific region for Collierville, Tenn.-based IMC, will take delivery in the coming weeks of his first hydrogen electric fuel-cell Nikola trucks long before the technology is proven...
Nov 16, 2023 | Charging, Diesel, Solar
An Oct. 25 Instagram video (link) shows an Australian electric vehicle charging station that includes a large blue diesel generator. “Look! It’s an electric charger for an electric car, and right there that is a diesel-powered generator to run your electric charging...
Nov 16, 2023 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Featured
In September, car manufacturer Toyota published a battery technology roadmap, outlining their research focus and their goals for producing a diverse, all-electric fleet in the next decade. This alone is not that surprising – the electrification of the automotive...
Nov 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
NASA has temporarily stopped sending commands to its Mars-exploring robots, but there’s nothing to worry about. We’re currently experiencing a “Mars solar conjunction,” a two-week stretch in which Earth and the Red Planet are situated on...
Nov 16, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
The Vatican on Wednesday signed an agreement with German carmaker Volkswagen to replace the city-state’s entire car fleet with electric vehicles by 2030. The governor’s office of the world’s smallest state gave no financial details of the deal in a...
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