If experiments on the ground are cool, experiments in the sky are cooler. And so we can count ourselves extra icey this week, as we got to see to high-flying studies. First, we chatted with aviation company UAV Turbines, which is building mini, watermelon-sized jet engines. Pourquoi? Turns out 500- …
Read More »New AI system helps drones land more quickly – Canindia News
New York, May 25 (IANS) Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system that can help drones to land more safely and quickly, while gobbling up less power. The system, dubbed the “Neural Lander,” is a learning-based controller that tracks the position and speed of the drone, and modifies its …
Read More »Tesla Raises Money, Drones Get Certified, and More Car News …
Sometimes going back to the drawing board ain’t so bad. This week, Tesla shares took a much-needed hop as the company announced an effort to raise a small mountain of capital to keep the electric carmaker climbing. At first, the offering sat around $2.3 billion, but the company pushed it …
Read More »IDA Accelerator helps local veterans’ companies grow – News …
Daniel Axelrod Times Herald-Record @dan_axelrod NEW WINDSOR – Eric Noll spent five years confused till this spring. Sure, the former U.S. Army drill sergeant and infantryman felt that various private, federal, state and local government agencies wanted to help the military veteran’s leatherworking business succeed. Yet, business questions kept swirling …
Read More »Punny SUVs at the NY Auto Show and More Car News This Week
On the floor of the New York Auto Show this week, Genesis showed off its sweet little Mint concept, an electric two-seater with a very abbreviated sedan body. The Hyundai luxury arm does not, however, have any plans to put the adorable thing into production—perhaps because, as we learned this …
Read More »Tesla’s Disappointing Numbers and More Car News This Week
Allow me to get a bit philosophical here: History is only smooth in retrospect. Few earth-shaking shifts are inevitable. A few steps forward, some more back. Change only looks easy from a rocking chair. Which is all to say, it was a rocky week for electric vehicles, the motorized transports …
Read More »Tesla Sues Zoox and More Car News This Week
Thinking about the fantastic pie-in-the-sky future is always a fun exercise. I, too, want a self-driving car. But some weeks, it’s clear everyone needs to come down to earth. This was one of them. Tesla sued two other electric vehicle companies focusing on self-driving for trade secret theft, proving that …
Read More »Boeing’s 737 Crash, Tesla’s Model Y, and More News This Week
Here at WIRED Transportation, we get to write about all sorts of stuff. Self-driving cars. Hyperloops. Bike lane design. Subway maps. The occasional man dressed up as a car seat for an apparently legitimate purpose. You get the idea. So it’s rare when a mere one or two topics dominate …
Read More »The State of Tech – Cascade Business News
The Amazing, Unimaginable Consequences of Exponential Technologies Dark Clouds and Platinum Linings While the world grapples with huge challenges and now commonplace political chaos and intrigue, there are massive advances occurring which will transform our world. This isn’t to minimize the impact of climate change, over-population, damage to our ecosystem, …
Read More »Tecumseh police complete drone training – News – The Shawnee…
Saturday Jan 26, 2019 at 5:45 AM Tecumseh Police — Major Mallinson, Detective Baker, Officer Seikel, Officer Borromeo and Officer Snow participated in drone training recently. The Tecumseh Police Department recently purchased a law enforcement drone through the Justin Terney Police Foundation. The drone is equipped with infrared technology that will …
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