Jul 14, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Insurance
U.S. auto insurer State Farm and Japanese insurance company Tokio Marine (8766.T) have joined in a $111 million funding round for autonomous vehicle technology startup May Mobility, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company said on Tuesday. The funding will allow...
Jul 14, 2022 | Cyber Security, Digital Twins, Featured, Industry 4.0
Large-scale digital transformation initiatives over the last decade mean that cyber-physical systems are now intertwined with many manufacturing and industrial processes. These intelligent systems use computing, networking and sensors to help monitor, control and...
Jul 14, 2022 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Featured
A major automaker, large truck stop chain and an electric vehicle charging company are proposing a network that would put charging plugs at 50-mile intervals along U.S. highways. General Motors, Pilot Travel Centers and EVgo said Thursday they will build 2,000...
Jul 14, 2022 | Featured, Imaging, Space
Webb’s cameras can look deep into space and far into the past. Webb has the capacity to look 13.6 billion light years distant—which will be the farthest we’ve ever seen into space. This image of the galactic cluster known as SMACS 0723 contains thousands of galaxies,...
Jul 7, 2022 | Featured, Robots, Space
With its adorable stereo-camera eyes, the Lightweight Rover Unit 1 (LRU1) robot, posing on the black gravel of Italy’s Mount Etna, resembles PIXAR’s famous animated character WALL-E. LRU1 is one of a team of eye-catching robots designed by Germany’s...
Jul 7, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety, Testing
At least seven Cruise vehicles blocked traffic by clustering in an intersection in San Francisco starting late Tuesday night, blocking traffic. Photos and a description of the Cruise robotaxis blocking several lanes of traffic in San Francisco were shared Wednesday on...
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