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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The Contra Costa Transportation Authority is setting itself up to exchange data and insights from partners around the globe.
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The plant will build Navya's autonomous shuttles in Saline, Mich.
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The move would make Toyota the first big automaker to put self-driving cars on local streets.
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Now, as the cost of batteries plummets, officials in other states are looking to follow California’s lead in funding energy storage projects.
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Microsoft said in a release that it, “will provide global scale for Apollo outside of China with the Microsoft Azure cloud."
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In Miami-Dade, companies like Airbnb have seen considerable opposition from the cities of Miami Beach and Miami, which argue that the short-term rental industry is eroding the quality of life of their neighborhoods.
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A proposal that would spin off the federally-managed air traffic control system into a private, not-for-profit corporation is working its way through the House of Representatives, with a vote possible as early as this week.
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Bike shares of the sort launching in Seattle — private, for-profit and stationless — are just starting in the United States.
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The robots will benefit local restaurants and burnish the city’s image as a hub for autonomous device testing.
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While fully autonomous cars are still several years away, Nvidia’s newfound dominance in self-driving cars and early expertise in artificial intelligence is paying off.
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Autonomous safety features have been used for some time, but drivers must overcome a mental hurdle of relinquishing total control of the car.
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While the company’s Josh Giegel said the test proves that “we’re ready to deploy it to the rest of the world,” can we really expect to see people being shot through tubes at high speed any time soon?
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The eight-motor "octocopter" drones, equipped with a MicaSense RedEdge 5-band multispectral cameras, flew for the first time last week.
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Automakers are going up against technology companies that sometimes have more cash at their disposal to spend on product development.
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The demo flight is one of the latest and longest drone-delivery tests conducted as the unmanned-aircraft industry.
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It seems like most major car retailers are jumping into the electric vehicle game.
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The technology has both governmental and commercial uses — everything from documenting cracks in bridge piers to search and rescue operations.
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We are rapidly building a distributed energy system in our cities, but not all communities are sharing in its benefits. With new policies and programs, we could spread the benefits of solar more equitably.
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