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May 13, 2023

Lyft CEO says company is doing ‘everything we can’ to be ready for self-driving cars that will be here ‘faster than you think’

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David Risher also told CNN the company wants to make travel less stressful, and he doesn’t think Uber and Lyft need to destroy each other to succeed.

May 13, 2023

U.S. Midwest to Face Dust Bowl Conditions in the Coming Decades

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In the 1930s the Dust Bowl decimated the U.S. Midwest. Are current conditions pointing to a reoccurrence in the 21st century?


A dust storm between St. Louis and Chicago led to a 72-vehicle pileup and 7 deaths recently. Conditions are ripe for more of the same.

May 12, 2023

Tesla’s Most Important New Project Is Not a Vehicle

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, transportation

Elon Musk broke ground on a facility that’s unique among U.S. automakers.

May 9, 2023

Tesla asked about its points for improvement — the EV community delivered

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Elon Musk has been pretty open about the idea of using social media platforms like Twitter to communicate directly with customers. Tesla highlighted this in its 2022 Impact Report, with the company noting that its social media accounts have helped it reach 1 billion views on Twitter last year.

With Twitter now being owned by Elon Musk, it is no surprise that his companies like Tesla are now more active on the platform. And in a recent post, the official Tesla account asked Twitter users what it could improve. The EV community, from fans to longtime owners, responded, to a great degree. As of writing, Tesla’s post has attracted over 22k comments.

A look at the comments on Tesla’s post would show that there are numerous calls for better service. Service has been Tesla’s Achilles heel for some time now, and with the company adopting a “best service is no service” stance, some owners have reported experiencing difficulties contacting Tesla for issues with their vehicles. Comments on Tesla’s post suggest that customer service is still a key point of improvement for the company.

May 8, 2023

How manufacturers are using AI to improve worker safety

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AI is poised as a way to address many of the hazardous elements of manufacturing workplaces. The technology can help limit employees’ exposure to loud environments, unwieldy machinery and dangerous tasks by streamlining processes and helping workers focus on less physically risky activities.

In manufacturing, many of AI’s potential benefits are concentrated in replacing the cause of the most common workplace injuries. These include “musculoskeletal disorders, mainly from overexertion in lifting and lowering, and being struck by powered industrial trucks and other materials handling equipment,” according to an OSHA spokesperson.

There are several ways to reduce those points of risk, with the most dangerous manufacturing tasks standing to benefit the most.

May 8, 2023

Qualcomm to acquire Israeli auto-chip maker Autotalks

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

May 8 (Reuters) — Chip designer Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) said on Monday it would buy Israel’s Autotalks Ltd that makes chips used in technology aimed at preventing vehicle crashes, as the U.S. firm looks to deepen its automotive business.

With increasing electric vehicles and automatic features in cars, the number of chips used by automakers is surging, making the automotive market a key growth area for chipmakers.

Autotalks makes dedicated chips used in the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications technology for manned and driverless vehicles to improve road safety.

May 8, 2023

Hiller Flying Platform

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Vertical Takeoff Vehicles, and other tech like electric cars are older than you think This one is from the 50’s.


Here are a series of videos that are mainly played in our gallery alongside exhibits, but we wanted patrons unable to visit the museum on a regular basis the chance to access them at a moment’s notice. Enjoy!

May 7, 2023

ChatGPT with Code Interpreter: The best use cases

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The Code Interpreter is probably the most interesting ChatGPT plugin of OpenAI and opens up completely new capabilities for the Chatbot.

At the end of March, OpenAI introduced a groundbreaking new feature for ChatGPT: Plugins. One of them is a so-called Code Interpreter. With it, the language model can not only generate code, but also execute it independently.

As with Auto-GPT, the busy developer community has found exciting use cases for this technology in a very short time. Especially for data journalism and similar data-based analysis, the tool seems to open up completely new possibilities. This is also due to the possibility of uploading and downloading files up to 100 MB in size.

May 7, 2023

Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 11.3.6 takes me to a random point on the map with zero human input

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Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 11.3.6 takes me to a randomly generated point on the map with zero human input required. A lot of people don’t realize this is possible today.

May 6, 2023

New Segway Navimow robot mower with VisionFence coming to US

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An Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for the Segway Navimow robot lawn mower with VisionFence will soon launch in North America. The device can use integrated sensors to detect lawn edges and obstacles and navigate in areas of weak signal. Other features include EFLS positioning and adjustable cutting height.