Nov 30, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots
An autonomous system that combines robotics with artificial intelligence (AI) to create entirely new materials has released its first trove of discoveries. The system, known as the A-Lab, devises recipes for materials, including some that might find uses in batteries...
Nov 30, 2023 | Charging, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Crews have installed what’s billed as the nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit. Copper inductive charging coils allow vehicles equipped with receivers to charge up their...
Nov 30, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
Mounting concerns over self-driving cars – headlined by allegations autonomous vehicle maker Cruise misled the DMV about an accident in San Francisco that left a pedestrian seriously injured – have some questioning whether the state needs new laws and new watchdogs to...
Nov 30, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Defense, Military
The Pentagon is embarking on an ambitious project, known as Replicator, with the goal of deploying thousands of AI-enabled autonomous vehicles by 2026, as it seeks to keep pace with China’s military advancements in artificial intelligence. This move represents a...
Nov 30, 2023 | Satellites, Space
As the number of satellites in orbit increase, so will the possibilities of space debris. There are currently 8,000 satellites in orbit, but hundreds of thousands more are being proposed. If even 10 per cent of the filed-for satellites launch, low Earth...
Nov 30, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles
In an article for The New York Times, Yiwen Lu describes how driverless vehicles are creating headaches for city workers and officials and, in some cases, putting residents in danger. “In San Francisco and Austin, Texas, where passengers can hail...
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”...
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