Sep 11, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robotaxis
Amazon’s Zoox has announced that its robotaxi service is now available on and around the Las Vegas Strip after months of testing. The autonomous rides are free and can be booked through the Zoox app for iOS and Android devices. This is the company’s first...
Sep 11, 2025 | Electric Vehicles, Hybrids
Despite the growing popularity of traditional electric vehicles, not everyone is ready for one. There’s another option that’s a good first step for many drivers: plug-in hybrids. “A plug-in hybrid is the gateway drug for EVs,” says Amelia...
Sep 11, 2025 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
The federal government is barring states from allowing electric vehicles and other clean cars to use carpool lanes without meeting vehicle occupancy requirements starting October 1, California officials said on Wednesday. California Governor Gavin Newsom said single...
Sep 11, 2025 | Healthcare, Robots
The sticky, slimy tongues of chameleons and salamanders may not sound like a great inspiration for engineering projects or medical innovations. But according to researchers at the University of South Florida, the same biological mechanics used to capture and devour...
Sep 9, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles
The shift towards unmanned planes is driven mainly by cost efficiency and the need to address pilot shortage issues. Operating unmanned planes can significantly reduce labor costs, and they can also help mitigate the risk of human error, which is a leading cause of...
Sep 8, 2025 | Smart Mobility Today
There has always been a tug of war between humans and nature, and nature more often wins. In this week’s Smart Mobility Today, listen to stories about how researchers and inventors are using science and technology to find solutions to the constant pull between...
Sep 4, 2025 | Agriculture, Drones
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones. But a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border do, and they’re using them to blast AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” movie clips and...
Sep 4, 2025 | Auto Industry, Robots, Training, Work
General Motors Co. worker Annie Ignaczak spent years walking in circles on concrete factory floors, assembling the same parts and counting down hundreds of pieces she and her coworkers needed to finish before lunch. “You’re doing the same movement...
Sep 4, 2025 | Accessibility, Robots
If Pixar’s Wall-E and Eve had a kid, it might look a lot like Smokey and Turbo — two white, tread-wheeled service robots with big blue eyes that can light up into smiles or even heart shapes. Aim a camera at them, and they cock their heads as if they’re posing. The...
Sep 4, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, First Responders
The California state fire agency is partnering with rotorcraft manufacturer Sikorsky to explore how autonomous vertical-lift solutions can improve wildfire response. Under a five-year initiative announced on 3 September, Sikorsky and CalFire plan to test the...
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