Menu

Blog

Archive for the ‘transportation’ category: Page 571

Mar 9, 2016

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 2

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI, transportation

Jeff Goodell is a braver person than me. Goodell reports that the driverless car “still drives like a teenager” Personally, I would worry more about the ability to hack these cars in the middle of a major US highway going 60 to 70 mph and hackers abruptly shutting off the engine.


Self-driving cars, war outsourced to robots, surgery by autonomous machines – this is only the beginning.

Read more

Mar 9, 2016

Opinion: The U.S. Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier will dominate the seas

Posted by in category: transportation

It’s scheduled to be launched this month, and can support laser guns and dynamic armor, says Jurica Dujmović.

Read more

Mar 8, 2016

North Korea attempts horror cyber terror attack on the South’s train network

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, transportation

N. Korea’s Strategic Strike attempt.


NORTH Korea has tried to attack South Korea’s transport system by hacking into railway workers’ emails, spy chiefs say.

Read more

Mar 8, 2016

WATCH: Big surprise!

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

As BMW celebrates its 100th birthday in Munich, the company decided to unveiled its futuristic self-driving #VisionNext 100 concept car!

Read more

Mar 8, 2016

Ford hopes you’ll watch movies in self-driving cars

Posted by in categories: entertainment, mobile phones, robotics/AI, transportation

If and when self-driving cars become a practical reality, you’ll probably want something to do during your journeys besides chatting with passengers or checking your phone. Thankfully, Ford might have an answer. It recently obtained a patent for an “autonomous vehicle entertainment system” that would let you watch videos when you’re hands-free. Kick your vehicle into self-driving mode and a projector system could swing into action, complete with its own screen — yes, you could watch a movie while you’re on the way to visit family. Think of it as in-flight entertainment, just grounded.

As with most patents, there’s no certainty that Ford will ever use this. While the car maker is serious about autonomous vehicles, it could just as easily resort to flat-panel displays and other less dramatic hardware. There are some safety concerns, too. Do you really want the driver to be completely oblivious to road hazards? For this to work, driverless car tech will have to advance to the point where it’s truly reliable — where you can watch a 2-hour flick without worrying that your car might plow into a bus.

Read more

Mar 8, 2016

Terra Bella

Posted by in categories: economics, finance, transportation

High-resolution satellite imagery can be used to monitor the flow of goods and commodities to measure global economic indicators. Our imagery can help economists, supply chain managers, hedge fund traders, and logistics operators identify operational inefficiencies and anticipate supply chain bottlenecks from above.

Here’s an example of our imagery in action, depicting supply chain changes in the Port of Long Beach, the second-busiest container port in the United States. The time lapse imagery shows dynamic fluctuations in features including shipping containers, cars and ships.

Read more

Mar 8, 2016

Meet BMW’s Shape-Shifting “Car of the Future”

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

This looks fascinating.


This remarkable shape-shifting car is autonomous, and it comes with artificial intelligence.

Read more

Mar 8, 2016

A modified electric Chevy Corvette broke 186 mph

Posted by in category: transportation

Electric cars can be fast too.

Read more

Mar 8, 2016

DARPA’s Vertical Takeoff ‘X-Plane’ Contract Goes to Aurora

Posted by in category: transportation

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Aurora Flight Sciences to build the so-called “X-Plane,” an unmanned aircraft that will take off and land vertically.

Read more

Mar 7, 2016

Crowdsourcing The Hyperloop: How A Group Of Redditors Are Taking On Elon Musk’s Challenge

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, engineering, law, sustainability, transportation

VideoDisclaimer: The author of this article, Jason Belzer, is a member of rLoop and serves as the non-profit’s legal counsel. When billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk proposed the Hyperloop — a futuristic transportation system capable of propelling passengers to supersonic speeds — back in 2013, it is unlikely that even he could have imagined that just a few years later his vision would be tantalizing close to reality. Yet ironically, Musk, who has helped build companies like Tesla Motors and SpaceX that are on the leading edge of technological innovation, will not receive the credit if the Hyperloop indeed becomes a reality. Instead, that honor will be bestowed upon on a small group of teams now working feverishly to construct a prototype that will be tested this summer at SpaceX headquarters in California.

Imagine tackling one of the most complex engineering projects in the history of the human race, requiring countless hours of collaboration and experimentation by some of the world’s most talented engineers, and never actually meeting the people you are working with in a physical setting. You might think it’s impossible, or you might be a member of rLoop — the only non student team to reach the final stage of the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.

rLoop V6 3AM.259 - Final

Continue reading “Crowdsourcing The Hyperloop: How A Group Of Redditors Are Taking On Elon Musk’s Challenge” »