Dec 16, 2021 | Cyber Security
Cyber attacks can have crippling effects, as seen by the multiple major ransomware attacks and data breaches earlier this year that targeted a mix of industries. In April, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States was shut down, leading to major gas shortages...
Dec 9, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary plans to start running a fully autonomous taxi service in San Francisco next year. Doug Parks, GM’s product development and purchasing chief, told analysts Thursday that he has ridden in a Cruise vehicle with no...
Dec 9, 2021 | Charging, Electric Vehicles
Standing on the rear third-floor deck of the Blacks in Green building on South Cottage Grove Avenue, Naomi Davis and Stacey McIlvaine looked out over the desert that is West Woodlawn. Davis, an environmental activist, and McIlvaine, an electrician, had come together...
Dec 9, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Investment
German auto giant Volkswagen said on Thursday that it would bulk up its investment in electric vehicles and digitalisation to 89 billion euros ($101 billion) over the next five years. The 12-brand group will dedicate 56 percent of its 159 billion euros of investment...
Dec 9, 2021 | Agriculture, Drones, Michigan
In the sky above one of the largest Christmas tree farms in North America, visitors are more likely to hear the whirring blades of a drone helicopter than the jingle of Santa’s sleigh. “We fly over a field and, using drones, we collect imagery and create 3-D models...
Dec 9, 2021 | Climate, Drones, Featured
Three ocean drones were launched from Rhode Island Thursday and will travel along the Gulf Stream, collecting data in tough winter conditions that would be challenging for traditional ships with crews. Saildrone, headquartered in Alameda, California, makes autonomous...
Dec 9, 2021 | Featured, Robots
As robots have steadily expanded their operations out of the controlled environments of research labs and into the chaos of real-world architectural infrastructure, getting from point A to point B has become a major challenge — take stairs, for example. In response,...
Dec 9, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Education
What role will artificial intelligence play in the future of education? For educators, AI can feel like an exciting development — or a terrifying unknown. AI technology is advancing quickly and creating solutions once thought impossible. It’s widely available in...
Dec 9, 2021 | Detroit, Edge Computing
For any emerging smart city with an Internet of Things (IoT) network, edge computing platforms equipped with artificial intelligence are crucial to managing high-bandwidth technologies and processing massive amounts of data in real time. However, many of the more...
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