Sep 29, 2022 | Defense, Featured, Space
For the first time in history, a spacecraft from Earth has crashed into an asteroid to test a way to save our planet from extinction. The spacecraft, NASA’s Double Asteroid Rendezvous Test (DART) probe, slammed into a small asteroid 7 million...
Sep 29, 2022 | Batteries, Detroit, Featured
General Motors Co. and Palo Alto-based OneD Battery Sciences have entered a joint research development agreement for the potential use of OneD’s silicon nanotechnology in GM’s battery cells to increase energy density for longer range at a lower cost. GM Ventures...
Sep 29, 2022 | Featured, Robots
Barring some exceptions, humans can’t seem to get social robots quite right. The boundary between endearing and uncanny is tricky terrain when it comes to robots that can engage with humans, answer questions, or lend a hand with chores and errands. We know that...
Sep 22, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Roads
Whether it’s barrels blocking lanes or paint lines that aren’t visible, we’ve been building and managing roads for humans who can guess and anticipate intricate situations on the roads in ways machines never will. With the impending shift to self-driving vehicles...
Sep 22, 2022 | Featured, Robots
It’s long been possible to make extremely small robots, but they usually need some form of direct external control just to operate. Cornell scientists may have solved that problem on a basic level, however. They’ve created microrobots (no...
Sep 22, 2022 | Featured, Space
The International Space Station welcomed three new residents Wednesday following a smooth Russian launch. The Soyuz capsule rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan and, just three hours later, pulled up at the space station. American Frank Rubio checked in for a six-month...
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