May 11, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Hydrogen
Toyota and Hyundai this week announced plans to broaden their respective U.S. hydrogen fuel-cell semi truck projects. The Japanese automaker has been collaborating with truck maker PACCAR for several years on fuel-cell test vehicles, but on Tuesday it an announced an...
May 11, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Hydrogen
Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it will test a small fleet of prototype hydrogen fuel-cell versions of its electric E-Transit model to see if they are a workable zero-emission option for customers hauling heavy goods long distances. Ford will lead a consortium in the...
May 11, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Events, Featured
For most of us, the shift to EVs is not that far off, but many of us still have some questions: What will it take to power these vehicles? How long will it take? What will it cost? How far can I drive? Will the grid really hold up? What is the impact on the...
May 11, 2023 | Energy, Featured, Wind
Wind turbines have generated more electricity than gas for the first time in the UK. In the first three months of this year a third of the country’s electricity came from wind farms, research from Imperial College London have shown. National Grid has also...
May 4, 2023 | Detroit, Mobility
Inside the refreshed shell of an 87-year-old building in Detroit that’s been wracked by fire, tragedy, and more than 30 years of abandonment, a new multi-armed venture is trying to shape the future of mobility. The building is the new home of Newlab, a technology...
May 4, 2023 | Drones, Healthcare, Michigan
Medicine delivered straight to your doorstep? Starting next year, that will be possible. Each year, the University of Michigan’s Michigan Medicine delivers close to 125,000 prescriptions to patients. Soon, it will add one more method of delivery … drones....
May 4, 2023 | Aging, Europe, Robots
A robot takeover has long been the stuff of science fiction, but digitalization could be key in solving Germany’s labor shortage crisis, as its population ages. A record 45.9 million people were employed by Europe’s largest economy in the fourth quarter of 2022,...
May 4, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Robots
An industrial software company that works with Boston Dynamics has created a way to control robots with voice commands using the ChatGPT artificial intelligence app. Most uses of ChatGPT and similar apps known as generative AI programs have been in creative areas,...
May 4, 2023 | Featured, Robots, Space
In the early 2010s, a new trend in robotics began to emerge. Engineers started creating robotic versions of salamanders, dragonflies, octopuses, geckos, and clams — an ecosystem of biomimicry so diverse the Economist portrayed it as “Zoobotics.” And yet...
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