Mar 30, 2023 | Robots, Space
NASA has unveiled a draft strategy for long-term robotic exploration of Mars that emphasizes low-cost missions and potential commercial partnerships. At a meeting of two committees of the National Academies’ Space Studies Board March 29, Eric Ianson, director of the...
Mar 30, 2023 | Oceanography, Robots
The global ocean economy — everything from food and transportation to energy and telecommunications — is predicted to amount to $3 trillion by 2030, more than most countries’ GDP. And it will only grow as the world transitions to renewable energy...
Mar 30, 2023 | Digital Twins, Smart Cities
According to the World Economic Forum, the global digital twin market is booming. Last year, it projected that the sector would be worth US$48.2 billion by 2026, a compound annual growth rate of 58 per cent. Another report, published by tech firm ABI Research,...
Mar 30, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles
We are still likely many years away from wide-scale deployment, let alone adoption, of fully autonomous vehicles on our streets, but in the meantime, autonomous vehicle companies focusing on closed-campus environments continue to raise funding and make headway in...
Mar 30, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
The White House on Thursday announced it will team up with a number of major American companies and nonprofits in an effort to ramp up electric vehicle production and transition the country from gas-powered cars and trucks by 50% through the next decade. A number of...
Mar 30, 2023 | Mobility, Smart Cities, Transit
Cities, campuses and airports are some use cases the companies envision for providing “safe, equitable and accessible” AV service. May Mobility, an autonomous vehicle technology developer, and Stantec, a design and engineering firm, announced a partnership Tuesday to...
Mar 30, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Just as millions of people have begun to use artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, an array of prominent scientists and tech leaders say it’s time to hit the brakes. Tesla founder Elon Musk, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, and former Democratic...
Mar 30, 2023 | Coal, Energy, Featured, Renewable Energy
Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday. Renewables also surpassed nuclear generation in 2022 after first doing so last year. Growth in wind and...
Mar 23, 2023 | Astronomy, Featured, Satellites
Astronomers are becoming increasingly concerned about light pollution in the night sky caused by the growing number of satellites, and also space junk, in low-Earth orbit. Sunlight reflecting off the surfaces of the satellites and junk negatively impacts the...
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