Nov 11, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
One issue that has shown itself repeatedly in vehicles employing self-driving technology is an apparent literal blind spot in such systems for first responders stopped at the side of the road. Repeated incidents of police cars and fire trucks being struck by cars...
Nov 11, 2021 | Drones, Environment, Featured
When an endangered plant’s favorite place to live is the side of a mountain, keeping track of its numbers typically requires rappelling down cliff faces with specialized gear––no mean feat. Now, a drone-based approach developed by researchers from North Carolina...
Nov 11, 2021 | Robots, Solar, Space
NASA has set its sights on the moon’s south pole in its quest for ice. This week, the space agency and the company Intuitive Machines announced Shackleton Crater landing site at the south pole of the moon for a small lander set to launch next year. The...
Nov 11, 2021 | Healthcare, Robots
Imagine a microscopic robot propelled by undulating hairs moving through your stomach to deliver medication to diseased cells. That’s the kind of future researchers at ETH Zurich hope to manifest with their latest creation. The team of scientists at the public...
Nov 11, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Unions
President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are looking to give U.S. automakers with union employees the inside track on the burgeoning electric vehicle market, triggering vocal opposition from foreign trade partners and Republicans who worry that manufacturers in...
Nov 11, 2021 | Australia, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Australia’s prime minister on Tuesday announced plans to encourage people to buy electric vehicles weeks after his government was accused at a U.N. conference in Scotland of being a laggard in fighting climate change. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the price of...
Nov 11, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Finance
Rivian Automotive, the electric vehicle maker backed by e-commerce giant Amazon.com and Ford Motor, debuted on the Nasdaq Tuesday. The Tesla competitor Rivian began trading at $106, up 36% from its offering price of $78 a share. The all-electric truck and SUV maker...
Nov 11, 2021 | Smart Cities
The idea of a “15-minute city,” in which residents can all reach work and leisure facilities within a quarter-hour walk — or cycle — of their homes, has gained significant traction among urban planners during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, a group...
Nov 11, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Machine Learning
A long-term fallout of the Covid crisis has been the rise of the contactless enterprise, in which customers, and likely employees, interact with systems to get what they need or request. This means a pronounced role for artificial intelligence and machine...
Nov 4, 2021 | Agriculture, Internet of Things
AT&T is using its 5G network to power a unique type of connected device designed specifically for dairy farmers. The hardware comes from smaXtec, which describes it as a small smart sensor that cows physically swallow. The sensor stays in the cow’s first stomach...
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