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Founded by former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, the North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative (NCB+AI) will work to pass pro-cryptocurrency legislation and support construction of data centers. -
A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy urges regulators and utilities to make the grid operate more efficiently. There are ways, experts said, to absorb part of data centers’ growth.
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The local government’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appropriate the funds for a “comprehensive technology infrastructure remediation project.” It comes in response to a critical IT outage last summer.
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Alabama’s capital city has entered into a three-year agreement after a six-month pilot that saw roughly 80 garbage trucks there outfitted with the RUBICONSmartCity platform to better manage routes and maintenance.
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The future, as proponents see it, would involve the construction of 600-foot-tall wind turbines off the Louisiana coast, along with transmission cables that would route the electricity back to thousands of homes.
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A Consumer Watchdog report highlights what it describes as the key security flaw in connected vehicles, noting that the potential vulnerability is growing because of the increasing number of such vehicles on the roads.
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The new $45 million SMARTCenter opened at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio to test autonomous vehicle technologies. Planning for the facility began about five years ago.
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The transit agency in Raleigh, N.C., is using the $1.65 million federal grant to purchase five new electric buses. Their goal is to expand the fleet slowly, giving time for the technology to evolve.
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The city will be the third in the last year to welcome the on-demand transportation to local streets. Lime will likely dispatch its scooters sometime before the University of Central Oklahoma fall semester begins Aug. 20.
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Researchers found that using technology created “potentially unsafe distractions” for everyone, but those in an older study group were at a higher risk and took anywhere from 4.7 to 8.6 seconds longer to do set tasks.
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Like so many other rapidly growing cities, Austin, Texas, is dealing with considerable congestion and a daunting outlook for the future. But, new recommendations are reframing the conversation and offering officials options.
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Building the vehicle — which will cost hundreds of millions of dollars and will be funded entirely by corporate leadership and investors — without confirmation that the company will even get chosen is a risk.
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While there is little hard data on accidents or other problems, city officials say anecdotal reports of risk-taking and misbehavior justify the changes, which are aimed at reducing speeds, recklessness and vandalism.
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Electric scooters and other forms of urban mobility in Chicago can be accessed via the Transit app, which officials say will allow users to find a close ride without having to toggle between multiple scooter apps.
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Nearly 12,000 snowplows in the state will be outfitted with new software and equipment to more efficiently manage winter weather operations. The changes will mean better monitoring of routes, and vehicle maintenance.
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A smartphone app called WayFinder is bridging the gap between the Ohio city’s public transit and the disabled community. The tool allows caregivers to find a route and add instructions and notifications specific to the rider.
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A company in Ann Arbor, Mich., is testing the hypothesis that full-sized autonomous vehicles are not the answer to making short-distance food or grocery deliveries, and is instead betting on small electric vehicles.
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EcoSPEARS, the maker of a spike that absorbs contaminants from the soil and groundwater, is partnering with the Port of San Diego in the Blue Economy Incubator Program. The startup has raised $2 million in investments.
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A geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey says the recent earthquake in Ridgecrest, Calif., was the first that has been significant since the start of the earthquake early warning system.
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To catch up with Arizona, Florida last month enacted some of the most friendly autonomous car legislation in the nation, and transportation-planning agencies and Orlando are launching their own assessments.
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While solar farms can be placed anywhere if there are power lines, many of the solar arrays have been placed relatively close to electric substations, meaning neighbors in the area can feel surrounded by them.
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