Mar 2, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
Ford is trying to patent technology that would allow cars to repossess themselves. As first spotted by The Drive, a Ford patent application titled “Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark...
Mar 2, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Michigan
Michigan is dangling a $10,000 carrot in front of tech students, incentivizing them to stay in state and build the electric vehicle sector. The state announced the Michigander EV Scholars program, its latest incentive to boost its electric vehicle workforce....
Mar 2, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Featured
The US Postal Service is buying 9,250 Ford E-Transit battery-electric vehicles and 14,000 EV charging stations from three different suppliers as part of its plans to electrify a large portion of its mail delivery fleet. In an announcement post on Tuesday, the agency...
Mar 1, 2023 | Climate, Oceanography
The world’s oceans and the multiple threats they face, from climate change and pollution to overfishing and mining, will be the focus of a global conference in Panama this week. Some 600 leaders of government, the business sector, green groups and academics will...
Feb 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
The emergence of “smart homes,” aided by IoT, has transformed the definition of what is now considered a great home and great investment. Homeowners don’t simply look for houses with ample ventilation or larger parking, they look for a...
Feb 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Amazon has received the go-ahead to construct a constellation of 3,236 satellites after gaining approval for an updated orbital debris mitigation plan. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the U.S. main telecommunications services regulator,...
Feb 23, 2023 | Environment, Oceanography, Robots
Harmful algae blooms in lakes are a major environmental problem, producing extremely dangerous toxins that can taint water supplies or harm other organic life—including people. Biologists can test water safety by collecting samples off the side of a boat, but getting...
Feb 23, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Featured, Robots
OpenAI’s ChatGPT isn’t just good at generating coherent text responses to natural language prompts — it can also play a role in human-to-robot interactions and use sensor feedback to write code for robot actions. Microsoft recently conducted...
Feb 23, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Michigan
The U.S. Department of Transportation grant supports nine colleges and universities, developing new technologies and training the workforce for the future of mobility The University of Michigan will continue to lead regional efforts aimed at transitioning the nation...
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