Sep 16, 2021 | Climate, Featured
A high-tech independent effort to track greenhouse gas emissions from every country, industrial facility and power plant announced its first results on Monday. Climate TRACE utilizes satellite data, machine learning and artificial intelligence to determine...
Sep 16, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety
With vehicles today being only partially automated, the requirement for the human driver to stay alert, monitor the road, and take over at a moment’s notice leaves drivers more susceptible to sleepiness — especially when they’re sleep deprived,...
Sep 8, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Space
An AI-powered robot with a digital face is ready for a new mission on the International Space Station. The robot, called CIMON-2 (it’s short for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion) worked alongside two European astronauts on past missions to...
Sep 8, 2021 | Energy, Featured, Solar
The Energy Department says solar energy can produce up to 40% of the nation’s electricity within 15 years — a 10-fold increase of current solar output that would require massive changes in U.S. policy and billions of dollars in federal investment. In...
Sep 8, 2021 | Jobs, Robots
A Latin American restaurant in Texas is renting robots for $15 a day each to serve guests as it struggles to find staff, CNN first reported on Wednesday. Espartaco Borga, owner of La Duni in Dallas, told CNN the robots welcome guests and take food...
Sep 8, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Healthcare
An artificial intelligence (AI) program can spot signs of lung cancer on CT scans a year before they can be diagnosed with existing methods, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress. Lung cancer is the most...
Sep 8, 2021 | Cyber Security, Featured, Internet of Things
The first half of 2021 saw 1.5 billion attacks on smart devices, with attackers looking to steal data, mine cryptocurrency or build botnets. The first six months of 2021 have seen a more than 100-percent growth in cyberattacks against internet-of-things (IoT) devices,...
Sep 8, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, a standalone VW brand responsible for the development and sales of light commercial vehicles, and Argo AI, an autonomous driving technology company, unveiled the first version of the ID Buzz AD (Autonomous Driving) on Sunday. The two...
Sep 8, 2021 | Electric Vehicles
President Joe Biden wants to corner the market on electric vehicles. In August, he announced a target that by 2030, half of the vehicles sold in the United States will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid. It would be a seismic shift for...
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