Mar 17, 2022 | Climate, Satellites
A new study based on NASA and ESA satellite data shows that Arctic sea ice is thinning at a “frightening rate.” Measuring the ice via satellites each month from 2018 to 2021, polar scientists Sahra Kacimi of the California Institute of...
Mar 17, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Safety
As Arkansas continues its push to be a trailblazer when it comes to electric vehicles, the state is expected to see more electric cars on the roads soon. In February, Governor Asa Hutchinson began taking steps to make Arkansas a hub for electric vehicles. Hutchinson...
Mar 17, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine helped spur record-high gas prices at U.S. pumps, many have debated whether owning an electric car instead of a gasoline one could be a wise investment. In short, electric vehicles do tend to cost less in the long term than some of...
Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Robots, Space
Spelunking is finally going out of this world. Once we send astronauts back to the moon this decade, there will be an enormous interest to explore lunar caverns and uncover the mysteries they bear. But it’s also paramount we make these journeys safe for any human...
Mar 17, 2022 | Drones, Government
The so-called Beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee (BVLOS ARC) of the FAA published its final report last week. The committee is charged with paving the way toward broader commercial use of drones in the U.S., and its findings...
Mar 17, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Government, Safety
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a first-of-its-kind rule to ensure safety of occupants in automated vehicles. This rule updates the occupant protection Federal Motor Vehicle Safety...
Mar 17, 2022 | Agriculture, Autonomous Vehicles
For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner. Finally they’re here, but to catch a glimpse of them, you’ll need to go to a farm rather than look along city streets. Beginning this fall,...
Mar 17, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Drones
Curtin researchers have recovered a freshly fallen meteorite after pinpointing its exact location on the vast Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia, with a new technique that uses a drone to collect footage of the landscape that is then scanned using artificial...
Mar 17, 2022 | Climate, Featured, Supply Chain
The COVID pandemic has rightly received most of the blame for global supply chain upheavals in the last two years. But the less publicized threat to supply chains from climate change poses a far more serious threat and is already being felt, scholars and experts say....
Mar 17, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Government
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said federal policy on autonomous vehicles will undergo “meaningful” developments in the coming years, saying policy frameworks had not fully caught up with technological developments. Speaking at...
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