Dec 8, 2022 | Charging, Detroit, Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicle drivers in Marshfield, Wisconsin, and Owosso, Michigan, are the first to benefit from General Motors’ Dealer Community Charging Program. These deployments of new level 2 (AC) chargers are the first in a planned rollout of 40,000 new...
Dec 8, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Defense, Military
Kodiak Robotics Inc., a self-driving technology company active in trucking, announced in a blog post this month that the Army and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) selected it for a 24-month, $49.9 million agreement to adapt its self-driving platform, Kodiak Driver,...
Dec 8, 2022 | Computer Vision, Disabilities, Featured
WeWalk, a U.K.-based startup developing a “smart cane” for visually-impaired people, today announced it has raised £2 million ($2.4 million) in venture funding from several notable institutional and angel investors — this includes Manchester City and German...
Dec 8, 2022 | Detroit, Drones, Featured
A Michigan-based startup known as Stark Drones has already been making strides throughout its launch schedule, including a telemetry internet balloon test that was done in Harbor Beach earlier this year. Focused on various forms of advanced research and technology,...
Dec 8, 2022 | 5G, Featured, Internet of Things
When discussing the impending 5G era, the focus tends to be on the incredibly high speeds and low latency promised, as well as the ability to automate processes, vehicles and machines. While these are undoubtedly very exciting aspects of 5G, they’re certainly...
Dec 8, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Hybrids
The have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too feeling of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHEVs, is probably why a survey of nearly 500 PCMag readers overwhelmingly voted them as the electric cars they’d be most likely to buy in the next five years. Unlike a traditional...
Dec 8, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence
Far removed from dystopian sci-fi, artificial intelligence (AI) now serves as an omnipresent facilitator across industries and markets. While we may not think about it, AI and machine-learning algorithms are already integral to common daily activities, but intelligent...
Dec 8, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Robots
In November, the San Francisco Police Department proposed approving the use of remote-controlled robots with deadly force. This was after a law came into effect requiring California officials to define the authorized use of military-grade equipment. It would have...
Dec 8, 2022 | Featured, Space, UK
We’re going to have to wait a little longer to see the first ever orbital space launch from UK soil. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit company had pencilled in next Wednesday for the historic Cornwall flight, but it is now going to slip until after...
Dec 8, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles
Apple has reportedly scaled back the debut of its self-driving electric vehicle, delaying the car’s targeted launch date to 2026. Citing people with knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg reported Monday that the project — known as Project Titan — has been in...
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