Oct 31, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Government, Regulation
President Joe Biden issued the first ever national security memorandum on artificial intelligence on Thursday, detailing goals for how the government should foster cutting-edge AI while also advancing international consensus around the powerful and rapidly...
Oct 31, 2024 | Food, Industrial Automation, Robots
FANUC America plans to showcase its latest packaging and processing innovations in Booth N-5332 next week at Pack Expo in Chicago. From food-grade collaborative robots to stainless industrial robots, it claimed it will demonstrate uninterrupted speed, reliability,...
Oct 31, 2024 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Hybrids
Plug-in hybrids are having a moment, and it may be about to get bigger and better. The latest evidence? The 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e, a compact luxury SUV that can run on electricity alone for 54 miles, which is farther than the average American drives each day,...
Oct 31, 2024 | Automation, Shipping, Unions
U.S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land a new contract with employers by a Jan. 15 deadline. The International...
Oct 31, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Europe, Featured
French automaker Renault is in talks with Nissan to help the Japanese firm bring to market its own version of Renault’s electric Twingo, as the alliance partners seek to speed up an affordable EV offering to fend off Chinese competition. An electric version of...
Oct 31, 2024 | Satellites, Space
Debris from an exploded telecommunications satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening other spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation by a leading space situational awareness firm suggests. The animation by Pennsylvania-based...
Oct 30, 2024 | Sustainability
In recent years, sustainability has transitioned from a buzzword to a core value that drives consumer behavior. As climate change becomes a more urgent global issue, businesses are increasingly being held accountable for their impact. This shift has fundamentally...
Oct 25, 2024 | Healthcare, Robots
A group of scientists from Nanyang Technological University have developed grain-sized soft robots that can be guided by magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery. Published in Advanced Materials, the study presents the first documented example of tiny robots capable...
Oct 24, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Electric Vehicles, Energy, Michigan
As electric vehicles land in driveways across Michigan, one of the state’s largest utilities will deploy 18,000 artificial intelligence-powered devices to better understand their impact on the electric grid. Consumers Energy says the modules, to be installed on...
Oct 24, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Carbon, Satellites
New technologies are providing unprecedented capabilities for combating deforestation around the globe, particularly in tropical forests. Why it matters: The technologies, which are made possible by advances in Earth observing satellites and...
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