May 12, 2022 | Featured, Space
The U.S. military has awarded contracts under a new program to address in-space manufacturing needs, as part of a larger effort to reduce the costs of spaceflight. Space manufacturing could allow humanity to build large structures efficiently, using materials launched...
May 12, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Weather
A global defense company shared details with FOX31 about the use of cutting-edge technology used in battlegrounds around the world to help fight wildfires. “Recognizing patterns, learning from experience, drawing conclusions, making predictions, or taking action,”...
May 12, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Trucks
As the world readies itself for self-driving vehicles on its roadways, one of the biggest concerns on everyone’s mind is safety. After all, sharing the road with autonomous vehicles can be a bit daunting to people who don’t exactly trust computers....
May 5, 2022 | Cyber Security, Government, Quantum Computing
Through two presidential directives, the Biden administration announced a new policy framework to maintain its competitive advantage in quantum technology while mitigating the cyber risk. Quantum computing, for the most part of it, is still in the early days of...
May 5, 2022 | Business, Featured, Robots
One of my favorite robots of the last few years is named Cassie. Little more than a pair of bipedal robotic legs, the robot was designed as a robust R&D tool for ground mobility applications. It’s a cool robot, and it’s a great illustration of a...
May 5, 2022 | Electric Vehicles
In many ways, driving an electric vehicle is the same as driving one with an internal-combustion engine, though refueling and other ownership aspects are certainly different, and we’ve recognized that the considerations for buying a used EV are quite different as...
May 5, 2022 | Defense, Drones
Ukraine’s Snake Island was one of Russia’s first conquests in the wider war between Russia and Ukraine that began on the night of Feb. 23. Russian naval forces on Feb. 24 ordered the island’s 100-strong garrison to surrender—and received an infamous reply. “Russian...
May 5, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Europe
German carmaker Volkswagen AG will invest $10.6 billion to make electric vehicles and batteries in Spain, Chief Executive Herbert Diess said on Thursday, around 3 billion euros more than it had previously committed. The company also announced a partnership deal with...
May 5, 2022 | Biotech, Featured, Healthcare, Robots
If you want to see the unfettered power of cooperation, you need look no further than colonial insects. In the 1998 DreamWorks Animation film Antz we follow Z, an ant who is tired of working for the benefit of the colony and wants to chart his own path...
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