Oct 14, 2021 | Featured, Space
Ninety-year-old William Shatner, who gained fame portraying Captain Kirk on the original “Star Trek,” just hitched a ride aboard a suborbital spacecraft that grazed the edge of outer space before parachuting to a landing, making Shatner the oldest...
Oct 14, 2021 | Transit, Transportation
Aloni Brantley is living at home with her mother as she commutes to campus during her freshman year at Wayne State University. While her family recently got a car, they previously had to rely on others for transportation for more than a year. Brantley’s mother,...
Oct 7, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Environment
Since the 19th century, red squirrels have faced a rival in our woodlands – bigger grey squirrels, which were imported from North America. This constant competition has meant that red squirrels are now almost extinct in Southern England, except for a few on the Isle...
Oct 7, 2021 | Cyber Security, Internet of Things
Almost 88% of people have some kind of IoT device in their household, but many do nothing to protect them, NordVPN research shows. In the technology world, Internet of Things devices are known as some of the most vulnerable to hackers’ attacks both because of the...
Oct 7, 2021 | Solar, Space
The goal of the Lucy mission is simple: get close enough to eight of the so-called “Trojan asteroids” to snap photos and beam them back to NASA. Those images could verify long-held suspicions by scientists that the Trojan asteroids are peppered with organic...
Oct 7, 2021 | Smart Cities
The spirit of collaboration in the smart city movement has taken a new step with the formation of the National Smart Coalitions Partnership (NSCP). The new partnership represents efforts of regional smart city organizations from Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Illinois,...
Oct 7, 2021 | 5G, Business
We’re on the cusp of a real 5G breakthrough. For one, coverage is increasing. By the end of 2021, 5G mobile subscriptions are estimated to total over 580 million. By 2026, this is anticipated to jump to 3.5 billion subscriptions. Connectivity is also increasing....
Oct 7, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
Cruise CEO Dan Ammann revealed a graphic to investors on Wednesday showing that the General Motors-backed company planned to produce one million or more self-driving vehicles by 2030. Speaking at a GM investor event, Ammann said the company expects “to...
Oct 7, 2021 | Robots, Work
A shortage of agriculture workers is forcing winemakers in the U.S. and Europe to turn to robots for their autumn grape harvest, reports the Wall Street Journal. Why it matters: Pandemic-related travel restrictions have cut down on the availability of migrant...
Oct 7, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Drones
Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed a new approach to autonomously fly quadrotors through unknown, complex environments at high speeds using only on-board sensing and computation. The new approach could be useful in emergencies, on construction...
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