Jan 20, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Investment
Honda Motor today announced that, in December 2021, the company had invested in California based Helm.ai to strengthen its software technology development in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision technology. The automaker said Helm.ai had key...
Jan 20, 2022 | Aging, Robots
As a teenager in the early 2000s, Conor McGinn worked part-time in the nursing home where his grandmother lived. The employees did all they could to make her and other residents comfortable, but McGinn says her quality of life was never as good as it was before. “The...
Jan 20, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Michigan, Mobility
Our society is in the midst of a once-in-a-century mobility revolution and this past year will be remembered as a landmark year for the state of Michigan. To meet the urgency and ambition of our automotive partners — who stepped up with billions of dollars in new...
Jan 20, 2022 | Agriculture, Drones, Featured
More than 35,000 mangrove seeds have been planted in the Mirfa lagoon in Abu Dhabi using highly innovative drone planting technology, authorities have announced. The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and ENGIE, a global energy company, said on Thursday that the...
Jan 20, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Europeans on average earnings could soon be forced out of their cars and on to the bus by environmental rules effectively banning sales of cheap new internal combustion engines (ICE) in favor of unaffordable electric cars; but help is at hand. Transition-One, a small...
Jan 20, 2022 | Edge Computing, Featured, Manufacturing
A recent analysis from the experts at Gartner projected that only around 10% of enterprise-generated data is currently processed outside of a traditional data center or cloud. However, by 2025, they predict that this number will reach 75%. To make this...
Jan 20, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles
Self-propelled trailer technology looked quite cool and cutting-edge on the curvy Dethleffs Coco, and it looks even cooler below a classic Silver Bullet silhouette. The Vision Vehicle isn’t the only fun electric toy Thor Industries has brought out at the Florida...
Jan 20, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Technology
The German automaker is also taking an equity stake in the Orlando, Florida-based company, acquiring a total of 1.5 million shares. Based on Luminar’s share price of $13.45 at market close January 19th, Mercedes-Benz is purchasing approximately $20.2 million worth of...
Jan 13, 2022 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Scientists have developed a biologically-inspired membrane that could quintuple the charge capacity of electric car batteries, thereby massively increasing their range. A team from the University of Michigan used recycled Kevlar – the same material found in...
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