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NASA Working on Transformers-like Shape-shifting Robots

The robotics yard is a dusty place designed to challenge machines that may encounter rugged conditions on other planets or moons.  The current Shapeshifter test version has two halves that split apart and can fly as aerial drones, or they can combine...

Square Invests in Crypto Currency Team

Square Crypto has hired Valentine Wallace, Jeffrey Czyz and Arik Sosman to its inaugural developer team. The crypto-focused branch of Jack Dorsey’s payment company announced the appointments in a series of tweets on Sept. 19. Wallace joined the company...

Ford’s Autonomous Vehicles Coming to Austin

Ford is bringing its autonomous vehicles to Austin, Texas, the company announced on Wednesday. Ford will start by mapping the streets of downtown Austin this November. Eventually, the size of the fleet and the geographic area will grow until Ford is ready to launch an...

The Robot Garage Introduces Robotics to Detroit Students

The gym at Pasteur Elementary School was bursting with energy as fifth- and sixth-graders raced to the tables set up in the center of the room to sort through a pile of Legos. A group of kids were reaching over each other, talking excitedly while searching for...

Michigan: the Silicon Valley Of Mobility Tech

Spend time in an American city on the cutting edge of autonomous vehicle research, and you might stumble upon certain cutting-edge devices in action. You could spot a driverless shuttle developed by startup May Mobility doing test runs to and from parking...

Blockchain Mortgages Could Help the Impending Recession

Lately there’s been a lot of discussion about a potential new financial recession being at our doors. All the signs are already present, from the stock market being shaky and the US economy being sluggish, the European banks on a downtrend, the China and US trade war...