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Goodyear Reveals Spherical Concept Tire for Autonomous Cars
Goodyear's Eagle-360 concept envisions ball-like tires suspended from the car by magnetic fields—the frictionless maglev system resulting in a smooth, quiet ride for passengers.
Suicide Bomb Detector Readied for Market
The software analyzes both horizontal and vertical polarized signals to determine the presence of a potential threat.
Driverless Cars Could Intensify Auto Use
The study estimates a 5-60% increase in car energy consumption due to people choosing to use highly automated cars in situations where they might have taken alternative transport.
Device Eliminates Switching-Related Derailments
Repoint uses an arrangement of intermeshing rail ends combined with a lift-and-drop mechanism that provides a locking system with virtually no friction loss.
Three-Quarters of Americans “Afraid” to Ride in Self-Driving Car
While only a small minority of Americans trust an autonomous vehicle to drive itself, AAA’s survey reveals that consumer demand for semi-autonomous vehicle technology is nonetheless high.
A Standard Sensor Platform Aims to Spur IoT
A standardized physical format may help simplify integration of sensors for IoT applications and improve data collection.
Revolutionary Road: Driving Toward Connected Automation
“Connected automation,” could signal a more reliable transportation system that results in fewer traffic accidents and fatalities.
DOT to Award $40M to Implement Smart Transportation Ideas
DOT is looking at how to integrate multiple innovations such as automated vehicles, the sharing economy and other technologies.
NIST Looks to Overcome Robots' Agility Limitations
Improving agility, so that robots can perform a diverse set of tasks and be re-tasked on the fly, would eliminate obstacles to wider adoption of automation by small and medium-size manufacturers.
A Rising Call for Responsible Artificial Intelligence
As AI becomes more sophisticated and embedded in society, researchers, tech leaders and governmental agencies are laying the groundwork for its responsible design and use.
Removing Landing Gear Raises UAVs' Payload, Uses
Ultralight solar-powered aircraft can fly at altitudes in excess of 20 kilometers and stay airborne for several weeks; weight is crucial for long-duration flights.
NREL Launches Sustainable Mobility Initiative
The laboratory’s initiative looks at transportation as an integrated system, where travelers and transportation resources are seen as a dynamic network.
Robotic Help for Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup
Radiation levels inside the building make it impossible for humans to safely monitor removal of the 566 fuel-rod assemblies.
Marvin Minsky, “Father of Artificial Intelligence,” Dies at 88
Minsky was a pioneering thinker and a foremost expert on the theory of artificial intelligence.
LIDAR Gives Sight to Autonomous Vehicles
Laser-based imaging and ranging provides vision for autonomous vehicles, but their mechanical scanner is a throwback that many engineers would like to replace.
Researchers Develop a Wireless, Dissolvable Brain Sensor
The motivation was to engineer an implantable sensor that could monitor intracranial pressure and temperature in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Drone Carries One Passenger and a Smartphone
The EHang 184 is intended to fly for 23 minutes at an average speed of 100 km/h.
Wi-Fi Sensing from Cellphones Could Improve Bus Service
The system collects MAC addresses as well as the time and location those addresses are detected from Bluetooth or Wi-Fi signals.
Sensors Detect Presence, Extent of Water Pollution
A factor vital in minimizing pollution's impact and damages to a body of water is how quickly it is detected.
Samsung Refrigerator Brings IoT to the Kitchen
The company aims to make the refrigerator a food, music, television and smart home "hub."