Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When the idea of electric air taxis emerged, Los Angeles was vying to be one of the first cities that would utilize the technology to help…
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GM brings in new CEO to steer troubled Cruise robotaxi service while Waymo ramps up in San Francisco
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain General Motors on Tuesday named a veteran technology executive with roots in the video game industry to steer its troubled robotaxi service Cruise as it tries…
New camera technology use facial cues to detect drunk drivers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) are developing new computer tracking technology that takes data from camera footage to detect whether a driver is impaired by…
Bumpy ride for electric cars in Europe
Sales of plug-in ‘zero emission’ vehicles have stalled in Europe. Electric cars are a key part of Europe’s green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with…
New method for detecting unusual air turbulence holds promise for aviation safety
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain With air turbulence presenting a significant safety concern in civil aviation, especially amidst the growing impacts of climate change and the expansion of the aviation industry,…
High-speed railway track components inspection framework leverages latest advancements in AI
by KeAi Communications Co. Producer-consumer inference pipeline based on nodes parallelization and concurrency. Credit: Tang, Y., & Qian, Y. In railway maintenance, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep…
Key technologies in digital twin of railway wireless network
by KeAi Communications Co. The architecture of wireless network DT-based system. Credit: Ke Guan, Xinghai Guo, Danping He, et al. The railway system will continue to integrate global positioning systems…
After the Baltimore bridge collapse, we need clear-eyed assessments of the risks to key infrastructure
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Catastrophic collapses of major bridges are thankfully rare. Notable examples in the last couple of decades include the failure of the I35-W in Minneapolis in August…
Japan to unveil next-generation passenger plane project
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Japan is expected to announce plans to develop a next-generation passenger jet following a government committee meeting on Wednesday, a year after the last struggling attempt…
EPA’s new auto emissions standard will speed the transition to cleaner cars
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released strict new emissions limits on March 20, 2024, for cars built from 2027 through 2032. The final rule for Multi-Pollutant…
