Feb 17, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Defense
Self-driving cars are the buzzing news of the future of automobiles, but the Army has a bigger problem – getting tactical vehicles to drive over rough terrain autonomously. To get after that challenge a Pentagon-driven “innovation network” held a hackathon Thursday...
Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Robots
A remote-controlled robot has captured images of what appears to be mounds of nuclear fuel that melted and fell to the bottom of the most damaged reactor at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, officials said Thursday. A massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011...
Feb 10, 2022 | Business, Mobility
GoTo Global, an Israeli mobility company that offers shared micromobility and car-sharing services in Spain, Israel, Malta and Germany, is going public on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) through a merger with shell company Nera Tech Media. The merger is expected to...
Feb 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Raquel Urtasun, the former chief scientist at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, promised an “AI-centric approach” to autonomous vehicles when she founded her own company last year, Waabi. Now, she’s ready to deliver on that promise with the announcement of the...
Feb 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Europe, Regulation
German lawmakers have already approved a new law aiming to bring autonomous vehicles into regular operation in 2022. Signatories to the Vienna Conventions—including Luxembourg and Germany—will be able to incorporate the legislation into their domestic traffic...
Feb 10, 2022 | Aeronautics, Environment, Featured, Robots
On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned, sank in the Gulf of Mexico and terrified the world. This horrific accident — recorded as the largest oil spill in history — killed 11 workers and released 210 million gallons of...
Feb 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Regulation
Autonomous vehicles, once a thing of science fiction lore, could soon be headed to Kansas roads — though sharp disagreements remain on proposed legislation to allow driverless trucks to roll into the state. A bill under consideration in the Legislature would allow for...
Feb 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Regulation
On Wednesday, Congress held its first hearing on autonomous vehicles in over two years, and there was not a lot to show for it. At the end of the four-and-a-half-hour event, there was no indication that lawmakers were any closer to a consensus on how best to regulate...
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