Jun 3, 2021 | Electric Vehicles
There’s a famous quip attributed to Henry Ford: his customers could have a Model T in any color, as long as it was black. On one small Greek island in the coming years, people will have their choice of any set of wheels they like, so long as it’s...
Jun 3, 2021 | Featured, Hydrogen, Transportation
Siemens Mobility has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Germany-based organization to undertake joint research into the use of liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology in the railway sector. In a statement earlier this week Siemens Mobility’s CEO of...
Jun 3, 2021 | Featured, Robots, Weather
A seafaring drone can sail where people can’t: straight into a hurricane. During the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season (it’s predicted to be busy), that’s exactly what scientists will do: send marine robots into the heart of churning cyclones. The...
Jun 3, 2021 | Healthcare, Robots
Researchers have demonstrated “giant flexoelectricity” in soft elastomers that could improve robot movement range and make self-powered pacemakers a real possibility. In a paper published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Jun 3, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence
The European Commission recently published a proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence (AI). This is the first document of its kind to attempt to tame the multi-tentacled beast that is artificial intelligence. “The sun is starting to set on the Wild...
Jun 3, 2021 | Autonomous Ships, Featured
Electric cars, meet your competition. Electric boats are on the way. Amsterdam didn’t have to look very far when searching for a way to ease traffic on its congested streets. The Dutch capital’s canals were used for transport long before cars and trucks powered by...
Jun 3, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Government
Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle (AV) company majority-owned by General Motors Co, has urged President Joe Biden to back efforts to speed thousands of self-driving cars to U.S. roads, saying the country risks lagging behind China, according to a previously...
Jun 3, 2021 | Defense, Drones, Featured
A military drone may have autonomously attacked humans for the first time without being instructed to do so, according to a recent report by the UN Security Council. The report, published in March, claimed that the AI drone – Kargu-2 quadcopter – produced by...
May 27, 2021 | Aerial Vehicles
The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) has partnered with Mississippi State University’s (MSU’s) Raspet Flight Research Laboratory to accomplish yet another aviation milestone for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). This partnership has enabled one of the world’s...
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