Infrastructure
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Spring days can produce an excess of surplus renewable energy in California — more power than electric lines can carry. Researchers have some ideas about where and how to harness that energy. -
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.
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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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If the U.S. Military uses solar power, they can reap great advantages, including tighter security.
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The more data we have, the more we can learn from events like Hurricane Harvey.
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City officials want to explore "smart cities" projects as a means of improving the overall quality of life, while trying to avoid technology for technology's sake.
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California sued the federal government over the Trump administration’s decision to postpone indefinitely a decision to dramatically increase the penalties for violating federal fuel economy standards.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is testing "smart tires" on city-to-city mobility service Tesloops' semi-autonomous electric cars.
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Production sites haven't been decided upon yet, but the electric vehicle architecture underpinning EVs is expected to come to North America.
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Under Trump's loose regulations, automakers and technology companies will be asked to voluntarily submit safety assessments to the U.S. Department of Transportation — if they feel like it.
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Tech companies stress the notion that the market today is strong at the mid-size and small city levels.
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Cities still haven't recovered from the recession, and a new report concludes that they might instead be sliding into another fiscal contraction.
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The changes come as part of the administration of President Donald Trump’s first formal statement on autonomous vehicles.
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Predictions for their widespread adoption and the impacts they will have vary wildly. It will be up to government to sort out the issues.
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Lawmakers began reviewing a series of amendments to alter the structure of the governing body that oversees the California Independent System Operator, a move that may surrender California’s control over its own electricity system.
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Built at GM’s Orion Assembly plant in Michigan, the car incorporates all of the sensors, computing power and redundant systems needed to operate completely without a driver, even though the software to do so remains under development.
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The Ohio Transportation Research Center is in the midst of researching technology that would allow the roads to speak to vehicles, telling them when to slow down or speed up.
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Drones are playing a transformative role in post-hurricane operations in the Houston area, and the FAA had to give clearances quickly.
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Royal Oak, Mich.-based company Tome is drawing up a plan to make bikes (or their accessories) smarter. This would allow them to talk to and communicate with the cars and trucks that occupy the streets.
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The technology in essence places huge structures like buildings, refineries, and bridges on rolling casters that absorb the shocks from epic earthquakes.
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A spokesman states that an international hacking campaign targeting energy companies has not penetrated the operating systems of the corporation that runs a good portion of California’s electricity grid.
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