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Would you be comfortable taking a nap in the driver's seat while your fully automated car did the driving?
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"Keep your eyes on the road."
With the recent advances in vehicle-assisted safety technology and in-car displays, this old adage has a new meaning, thanks...
Why don’t we have electric aircraft
Electric cars, trains, trams and boats already exist.
That logically leads to the question: why are we not seeing large electric aircraft?
And will we see...
This drone with nail gun could tack shingles onto roofs
University of Michigan engineers attached a nail gun to an autonomous octocopter and demonstrated that it can successfully tack a shingle onto a roof.
This...
Why would anyone want to sit on a plane for over 18 hours?
An economist takes the world’s longest flight.
Recently Qantas announced plans to conduct test flights from New York and London to Sydney and two other...
Five ways AI could make your car as smart as a human passenger
Driving long distances without a passenger can be lonely.
If you’ve ever done it, you might have wished for a companion to talk to –...
Pollutants from cars may double your eye disease risk
In a new study, researchers found that long-term exposure to pollutants from vehicle exhaust is linked to a heightened risk of the common eye...
How will we travel the world in 2050?
If the aviation industry was a country, it would rank among the world’s top ten emitters of carbon dioxide (CO₂).
Aviation emissions have risen by...
Electric car charging stations may be portals for power grid cyberattacks
Electric cars are an essential component of a lower-carbon future.
However, a new report raises the specter that plug-in electric vehicles — and the charging...
NASCAR may be the fastest way to learn about physics
There’s just something thrilling about traveling at high speeds.
Throughout history, people have always pushed themselves to go faster, whether on foot, on horseback, on...
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