Apr 18, 2024 | Robots, Space
Robotic engineers are no stranger to turning to nature for inspiration. In recent years, birds, dogs, extinct sea creatures, and even humans themselves have all served as jumping off point for new mechanical designs. Now, researchers from Stanford are citing the...
Apr 18, 2024 | 6G, Featured
As part of government-funded research, the University of Glasgow has developed a next-generation antenna which researchers claim could help deliver ultra-fast and 6G networks. The dynamic metasurface antenna (DMA) is claimed to be the first ever wireless antenna...
Apr 18, 2024 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles
The U.S. auto industry needs regulatory certainty from politicians in Washington and the back and forth as the White House changes hands doesn’t help, but the adoption rate of electric vehicles will continue to grow, Ford Motor’s executive chairman Bill...
Apr 11, 2024 | 3D Printing, Air Mobility
Throughout history, novelists, engineers and painters alike envisioned a wheeled vehicle that would allow human beings to get a taste of what birds, butterflies and bees enjoy freely: flight. In the 21st century, these vehicles are becoming a reality. How soon could...
Apr 11, 2024 | Electric Vehicles
Philadelphia is revving up its efforts to curb the city’s carbon emissions, according to the latest report from the Office of Sustainability. The city’s Municipal Clean Fleet Plan is shifting gears, moving away from gas-guzzlers and steering towards...
Apr 11, 2024 | Batteries, Charging, Electric Vehicles
Scientists have discovered a new process that could supercharge the transition to next-generation rechargeable batteries capable of more than doubling the range of current electric vehicles. The research could help facilitate a switch from conventional...
Apr 11, 2024 | Featured, Solar, Wind
A new report shows wind and solar power account for more of America’s energy than ever before. Some states in the Mountain West are helping lead the charge. Nationwide, wind turbines and solar panels generated more than 600,000 gigawatt-hours of energy in 2023, which...
Apr 11, 2024 | Featured, Hydrogen
A Curtin University project that proposes turning hydrogen into a powder so that it can be safely exported has been awarded A$5 million (USD 3.2 million) in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Developed in partnership with Velox Energy...
Apr 11, 2024 | Robots, Work
Amazon.com Inc. is rapidly advancing its use of robotics, deploying over 750,000 robots to work alongside its employees. The world’s second-largest private employer employs 1.5 million people. While that’s a lot, it’s a decrease of over...
Apr 11, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Regulation
Overshadowed by the Biden administration’s new tailpipe emissions rule, the Department of Energy finalized changes last month to a little-known calculation that could dramatically impact automakers’ ability to sell gas-powered cars and trucks. The changes to the...
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