Aug 7, 2025 | Robots, Sports
Robot teams from China and other countries preparing for the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games which are scheduled to take place between August 14 and 17 in Beijing. Thirty robot teams have been registered to play in the soccer competition, according to the...
Aug 7, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Disabilities, Featured
Autonomous technology is expanding to airports, helping passengers with limited mobility get to their gates on time and independently. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is the latest such facility to introduce autonomous wheelchairs,...
Aug 7, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Technology
If the famous British sitcom The IT Crowd were made in 2035, the basement office would be empty. Roy and Moss would work remotely, juggling support tickets across time zones. Jen? Probably bypassing IT approvals altogether and installing...
Aug 6, 2025 | Tariffs, Transit, US Economy
The cost of new transit buses soared 68% from 2021 to today, Soubry said, with the average selling price for heavy-duty transit buses up 2.7% year-over-year. “We were directly impacted by tariffs on the imports of steel and aluminum to the U.S. and Canada”...
Aug 4, 2025 | Smart Mobility Today
When I was in grade school, one of my friends’ family was giving away their 20 gallon aquarium, and my mom and dad said it was OK for our house to become its new home. Along with the filter, gravel and assortment of hoses, I also inherited a couple of angel...
Aug 1, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Disabilities, Mobility
Researchers and students at Morgan State University have been developing the autonomous wheelchair over the past five years As the wheelchair rolled toward a TSA gate from the ticket counter, the thing that stuck out the most was what wasn’t there — someone pushing...
Jul 31, 2025 | Solar, Wind
Solar provided over 11% of total US electrical generation in May, while wind + solar produced over one-fifth, and the mix of all renewable energy sources generated nearly 30%, according to data just released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)....
Jul 31, 2025 | Batteries, Oceanography, Pollution, Robots
A 13mm-long black fish silently patrols the ocean, not to feed or predate, but to clean. Soft and squishy to touch, the flesh of this fish is made of the same material as pearls are made of. As it propels through the ocean, it magnetizes the plastic particles...
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