May 18, 2023 | Solar, Wind
The Department of Agriculture announced billions in new grants and loans designed to expand renewable energy installations and other clean energy technologies in rural regions of the country. The $11 billion in funding, which the...
May 18, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Work
Sanctuary AI says its new robot is ready for real work. The Vancouver, B.C., company unveiled what it describes as the first commercially available, general-purpose robot of its kind: a 5-foot, 7-inch working machine named Phoenix, powered by an advanced AI...
May 18, 2023 | Charging, Featured
On Wednesday, Volvo Cars revealed a new investment in bidirectional EV charging startup dcbel. The company’s “r16” Home Energy Station is a full-fledged renewable energy ecosystem featuring solar power, bidirectional charging capabilities for...
May 18, 2023 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, UK
Britain will ensure that batteries needed to power electric vehicles (EVs) are produced domestically, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday, a day after carmakers warned insufficient production could hurt investment in the country. “We are absolutely...
May 18, 2023 | Digital Twins, Featured, Imaging
The RMS Titanic sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912, but the fate of the ship and its passengers has fascinated the popular imagination for more than a century. Now we have the first full-size 3D digital scan of the complete wreckage—a...
May 18, 2023 | Solar, Space
Astronomers are using 100 newly found supermassive black holes as a laboratory for extreme physics experiments. These black holes are nicknamed ‘blazars’ because they are shooting explosive jets of matter and radiation directly at Earth. The...
May 18, 2023 | Auto Industry, Events, Featured
Global Auto Mobility today announces the recipient of the first Global Auto Mobility Industry Innovation Award. The inaugural award recognition goes to David E. Cole, PhD., Chair Emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research. Cole has a long and distinguished career...
May 18, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Transit
Boring. That’s how I’d describe riding the world’s first autonomous bus service, launched for public use in Scotland this month. And that’s precisely the point. This bus, driven by computers, not people, is just like any other bus you’d...
May 11, 2023 | Healthcare, Robots
A soft robot inserted through a tiny hole in the skull can deploy six sensor-filled legs on the surface of the brain. A version of this soft robot has been successfully tested in a miniature pig and could be scaled up for human testing in the future. The concept...
May 11, 2023 | Robots, Space
NASA is testing a snake-like robot in hopes that it could one day look for life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. Developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the 220-pound and 13-foot-long machine is called EELS, or the Exobiology Extant Life...
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