Screenshot of a soccer simulation 2D League in Python base. Credit: Zare et al. RoboCup is an international annual event designed to showcase advances in the fields of robotics and…
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Orlando, Florida, debuts self-driving shuttle that will whisk passengers around downtown
The new self driving SWAN (Shuttling with Autonomous Navigation) shuttle bus is displayed Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. The SWAN shuttle seats up to eight passengers and will…
Do heat pumps work in the UK’s climate? An expert answers your low-carbon heating questions
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Retrofitting every house in the UK to net zero standard by 2050 will require replacing all gas boilers, mostly with heat pumps. The target rate is…
American Airlines, Google say they can wipe out most contrails, but more fuel required
Credit: CC0 Public Domain American Airlines and Google were able to cut contrails made by jets by more than half during a small trial, a move that could significantly reduce…
Neutrons prove ‘Bond villain’ did not cause Arecibo telescope collapse
A virtual slice of a cable socket from the neutron imaging study shows arrows indicating voids around the wires caused by cable slippage. Credit: Adrian Brügger, Columbia University For more…
Yellen calls for diversified clean energy supply chains
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Monday that production of key clean energy inputs are currently concentrated in a few countries. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stressed Monday the need…
Amazon cracks down on employees who stay away from the office
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Amazon.com Inc. is cracking down on U.S. workers who have ignored its return-to-office guidelines, in the latest example of companies attempting to reduce the amount of…
Using quantum computing to protect AI from attack
The vulnerability of neural networks raises safety concerns in potentially life-threatening situations like self-driving cars. Credit: Shutterstock Machine learning is a field of artificial intelligence (AI) where computer models become…
