Feb 13, 2020 | Defense, Robots & Drones
Drones are growing in popularity, but the trend also posing some serious dangers, as some people are flying them in the wrong places and for the wrong reasons. “Everyone is becoming a pilot, every neighborhood is becoming an airport,” said Timothy Bean, CEO, Fortem...
Feb 13, 2020 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Robots & Drones
It’s a cloudy day in early October and I’m circling my rented Jeep Wrangler around a maze of industrial buildings in Hamilton, Ohio. Hamilton is a small city 30 miles north of Cincinnati with a population of just over 62,000 people. Like much of Ohio,...
Feb 13, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Government, Mobility, Safety
House lawmakers on Tuesday touted progress toward bipartisan legislation on self-driving cars, with plans to release draft language soon. The development comes as pressure grows on Congress to quickly provide a regulatory framework for the fast-developing industry....
Feb 5, 2020 | Agriculture, Justice
Garrett Broad, assistant professor of communication and media studies and director of the Public Media Masters of Art Program, is researching food system injustices and plant-based alternatives to meat in the United States and abroad. Broad said “food system” means...
Feb 5, 2020 | Accessibility, Democracy
West Virginia legislature has passed legislation that will allow disabled voters to vote via smartphone. Governor Jim Justice is expected to sign the bill. It would require every county in West Virginia to offer smartphone voting, but the bill does not require a...
Feb 5, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Mobility
Testing mobility technologies along Michigan Avenue between Ann Arbor and Detroit is being discussed in regional transit circles, but officials have been tight-lipped on the details. Establishing Detroit-to-Ann Arbor transit infrastructure has long been part of...
Feb 5, 2020 | Cyber Security, Internet of Things
Employees are bringing their own Internet of Things connected devices to the workplace and could be putting organisations at risk from cyberattacks because enterprise security teams aren’t always aware that these devices are connected to the network. People are...
Feb 5, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Electric cars accounted for a 44.3% share of Norway’s new car sales in January, rising year on year but falling short of the 50-60% range the industry forecast for 2020, data from the Norwegian Road Federation showed on Monday. In January 2019 electric cars made up...
Feb 5, 2020 | Robots & Drones
At a sleek office building in Shinagawa, Tokyo, workers are strolling in and out for lunch. As they walk through the glass doors, they pass two security guards, each dutifully flanking the passage in stern silence. It all seems pretty unremarkable, until you realise...
Feb 5, 2020 | 5G, Featured, Smart Cities
5G has the potential to help cities improve citizen engagement and build an intelligent urban ecosystem around services, ambience, sustainability, inclusion, and equity. 5G has been a hot topic for years, but 2020 will be the year we begin to see 5G come to consumer...
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