Feb 13, 2020 | 5G, Business
Both Sprint and T-Mobile have made promises about when their customers in the U.S. would start seeing 5G coverage. In spring 2018, when the two telecommunications heavyweights first announced they would be merging, their CEOs wrote a joint “open letter to consumers”...
Feb 13, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
There are some 111,000 gas stations in the United States. One particular station in Texas boasts 120 gas pumps. Those pumps are probably put to good use, because Americans today are gulping fuel like never before: In 2018, the U.S. burned through 147 billion gallons...
Feb 13, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Work
Its clear at this stage that, love it or hate it, artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining traction in the enterprise. It is also clear that it is changing the way people work and will work in the future. However, while even the popular media now talks about jobs...
Feb 13, 2020 | Cyber Security, Internet of Things
With the continuous development of IoT devices and other enterprise-grade technologies, businesses have had to develop a keen understanding of cyber-security and its consequences. But, there’s more to understanding cyber-security then just taking the “simple” steps to...
Feb 13, 2020 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Featured
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...
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