Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Rideshare
Uber may be close to waving the white flag on its autonomous driving ambitions. The ride-hail giant is reportedly in talks to sell its Advance Technologies Group — which has been beset by infighting and setbacks — to self-driving car startup Aurora. The talks have...
Nov 19, 2020 | Climate, Electric Vehicles, Europe, Featured
Europe is taking unprecedented steps to phase out gasoline and diesel cars and bring an end to the almost 150-year-long era of the internal combustion engine. The UK’s 2030 ban on these cars and Germany’s four-year extension of subsidies for electric...
Nov 12, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured
Japan’s Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it will be the world’s first automaker to mass produce sensor-packed level 3 autonomous cars that will allow drivers to let their vehicles navigate congested expressway traffic. “Honda is planning to launch sales of a Honda...
Nov 12, 2020 | Climate, Featured, Smart Cities
From 9 November 2020 to 22 January 2021 cities from around the world can apply for the first stage of the Smart Cities Challenge following Nesta Challenges’ announcement of an invitation for cities to find and develop together innovative solutions to public...
Nov 12, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Since 2010, the Vatican Apostolic Library has worked to digitize its sprawling collection of more than 80,000 manuscripts, making a trove of rare historical treasures freely accessible to anyone with an internet connection. But the tricky work of...
Nov 5, 2020 | Featured, Robots
Swarms of modular, self-reconfigurable robots have a lot going for them, at least in theory— they’re resilient and easy to scale, since big robots can be made on demand from lots of little robots. One of the trickiest bits about modular robots is figuring...
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