Mar 17, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Disabilities
In 2023, the team at Feinstein implanted two sets of computer chips in Thomas’s brain. One set detects signals coming from areas that control movement. The other delivers signals to areas that process touch and pressure. These chips are wired to twin pedestals...
Mar 13, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, China
A Chinese company is gunning to become the world’s first mass producer of flying cars in 2026, as the country ramps up a drive to develop its “low-altitude economy.” The futuristic vehicle in question — a “land aircraft carrier” in which...
Mar 13, 2025 | Drones, Robots, UK
Robot dogs and drones could be used if a disaster like 1984’s devastating fire at York Minster was to happen at a major heritage site today, Historic England has said. A lightning strike at the minster was believed to have sparked the catastrophic blaze which...
Mar 13, 2025 | Batteries, Charging, Electric Vehicles
Shop around for a new car and you’ll come across an array of acronyms. There’s BEVs (battery electric vehicles), HEVs (hybrid electric vehicles), PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles), and of course that’s all in contrast to ICE (internal combustion engine) cars....
Mar 13, 2025 | Climate, Satellites, Space
Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calculated that as global warming caused by...
Mar 13, 2025 | Environment, Featured, Trucks, US Economy
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the EPA is reviewing the emissions rulemaking put in place under the Biden-Harris administration. The important part for trucking comes from targeting the Greenhouse Gas Emissions...
Mar 13, 2025 | Featured, Hydrogen
For the first time, scientists have observed water molecules splitting in real time to form hydrogen and oxygen. And right before they split, the molecules did something completely unexpected: They flipped 180 degrees. This micro acrobatic stunt takes energy, which...
Mar 13, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Training
Google DeepMind is launching two new AI models designed to help robots “perform a wider range of real-world tasks than ever before.” The first, called Gemini Robotics, is a vision-language-action model capable of understanding new situations, even if it hasn’t been...
Mar 13, 2025 | Auto Industry, Featured, Tariffs
S&P Global Mobility said the ongoing global tariff war now puts the probability of the auto industry experiencing an extended disruption period at a startling 50%. That would mean several vehicle models will cease production, new-vehicle prices would have to rise...
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