Archive for the ‘transportation’ category: Page 313
Feb 24, 2019
Self-Driving Cars Might Kill Auto Insurance as We Know It
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Without humans to cause accidents, 90% of risk is removed. Insurers are scrambling to prepare.
Feb 23, 2019
Jeff Bezos: New Shepard Will Launch First People Into Space “This Year”
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: space, transportation
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wants to send its first passengers to space as soon as this year. Bezos spoke during a private event at the Yale Club in New York City, Business Insider reports.
“This year. This is the first time I’ve ever been saying, ”this year.” For a few years, I’ve been saying, ”next year,” Bezos told Jeff Foust, senior staff writer at Space News, during the event.
The billionaire’s private space tourism company Blue Origins has been making some big strides towards that goal in recent years. Its flagship suborbital vehicle New Shepard reached the so-called Kármán line (62 miles or 100 km), widely agreed to be the edge of outer space, for the first time during a test flight in 2015.
Feb 23, 2019
Scientists Warn Self-Driving Cars Could Worsen Inequality
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
“One way or another, this technology is coming. These cars are already being tested in cities,” Richard Ezike, the lead author of the study, said in an organization-published press release. “If we do not plan and set out thoughtful policies, driverless cars could exacerbate the challenges we see in transportation today — especially for underserved communities.”
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The researchers argue that cities that introduce autonomous vehicles should also invest in public transit, to make sure that those who have longer commutes and would get stuck in the newly-introduced congestion can still find and make it to their jobs.
Feb 23, 2019
Say Goodbye to Arab Oil and Hello to Israel’s Car That Runs on Air and Water
Posted by Victoria Generao in categories: energy, transportation
Phinergy is a leading developer of breakthrough, absolutely zero emission, high energy density systems based on metal air energy technologies, mainly Aluminum-Air and Zinc-Air. Unlike conventional batteries that carry oxygen, these batteries freely breathe oxygen from the ambient air to release the energy contained in metals.
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Feb 22, 2019
IceShuttle Teredo
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: robotics/AI, space, transportation
An ice-penetrating robotic system to transport an exploration AUV.
TheTeredo IceShuttle is a robotic probe which is capable to transport a payload through an ice-shield towards an environment located beneath the ice. The System is developed in context of the project Europa-Explore r. For that project, a set of robots are developed to model the exploration of the hypothesized ocean on Jupiters icy moon Europa by an analog mission on earth. Within the scenario the IceShuttle transports an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) as its payload. (image below)
Feb 21, 2019
Goodyear’s “living” car tyre converts carbon dioxide into oxygen
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: 3D printing, health, transportation
This 3D-printed concept wheel by tyre manufacturer Goodyear uses living moss to absorb moisture from the road, before converting it into oxygen through photosynthesis.
The Oxygene tyre was revealed at this year’s Geneva Motor Show that officially kicked off yesterday, 8 March 2018.
The concept is a response to research conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that revealed more than 80 per cent of people who live in urban areas are exposed to air quality levels deemed to be unsafe.
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Feb 21, 2019
No speed limits: It works for Germany but could it work for California?
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: transportation
VISALIA, Calif. – Forget about the high-speed rail zipping commuters from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
One Southern California politician, state Sen. John Moorlach, has introduced a bill that would do away with speed limits for certain lanes on I-5 and Highway 99 – two vital roadways that stretch across the Golden State.
The measure would require the Department of Transportation to expand the 235-mile stretches from Bakersfield to Stockton on both sides of I-5 and Highway 99 by two lanes.
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Feb 19, 2019
Elon Musk: Tesla will have all its self-driving car features by the end of the year
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation
Tesla will have the technology to pick up passengers and drive them to destinations by the end of the year, said CEO Elon Musk said on a podcast with an investor.
Feb 19, 2019
Self-driving cars take the wheel
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Advanced technologies come together to get autonomous vehicles driving safely and efficiently.