Aug 21, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Traffic
Quebec City has started synchronizing traffic lights with the use of Google’s artificial intelligence — technology the city says will improve traffic flow, reduce congestion and lower greenhouse gas emissions. According to Google Canada, Quebec...
Aug 21, 2025 | Drones, Safety
With more than 60 school shooting incidents reported in Florida alone since 2018, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, educators and lawmakers have urgently sought innovative approaches to school safety. The introduction of attack drones, designed to...
Aug 21, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Robots
We’ve all seen what artificial intelligence can do on our screens: generate art, carry out conversations and help with written tasks. Soon, AI will be doing more in the physical world. Gartner, a research and advisory firm, estimates that by 2030, 80% of...
Aug 19, 2025 | Healthcare, Robots
Scientists have designed swarms of microscopic robots that communicate and coordinate using sound waves, much like bees or birds. These self-organizing micromachines can adapt to their surroundings, reform if damaged, and potentially undertake complex tasks such as...
Aug 18, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Air Mobility, Autonomous Vehicles
Air taxis aren’t yet officially in operation, but the industry is already gearing up for autonomous ones. The road for autonomous eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) is longer and harder, but their expected impact is tremendous. At the moment, a major...
Aug 8, 2025 | Drones, Regulation, US Economy
The U.S. Transportation Department is proposing new rules to speed deployment of drones beyond the visual line of sight of operators, a key change needed to advance commercial uses like package deliveries. Under current rules, operators need to get individual waivers...
Aug 7, 2025 | Auto Industry, Hydrogen
The world’s very first internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle wasn’t powered by gasoline but rather by hydrogen. Way back in 1807, Francois Isaac de Rivaz used a hydrogen-filled ballon to drive an engine he developed to propel an experimental vehicle—more than 50...
Aug 7, 2025 | Electric Vehicles, Energy
Even if enough renewable energy is available, simply switching from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles (EVs) won’t be enough to fight climate change—unless the U.S. also upgrades its transmission grid, a new Northwestern University study finds. If every...
Aug 7, 2025 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, US Economy
A lawsuit complaint states that Kentucky has been denied access to about $18 million in federal funds for electric vehicle chargers. (Getty Images) Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has joined other Democratic governors and attorneys general in an ongoing lawsuit seeking to...
Aug 7, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Featured
Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that occur on faults found along the boundaries between tectonic plates. The Nankai Trough is a megathrust earthquake zone lying off the southwestern coast of Japan, and experts estimate that this zone could generate a...
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