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 hardware gives the cars enhanced vision and 40 times the processing power of existing vehicles.
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The program has been redirected at building self-driving programs that can be sold to existing carmakers as an Apple add-on.
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The cities and counties will work together to create policies, pilot emerging technology and share insights to improve transportation in local government.
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More collaboration between the region’s universities, smoother border crossings and improved transportation between the cities will benefit both Washington and British Columbia.
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Researchers at the University of Washington are compiling data on the system to help determine whether it is “as effective as claimed."
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Through an international partnership, Illinois CIO Hardik Bhatt is excited to exchange information, ideas and data to help make both states leaders in their respective countries.
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Instruments will measure water temperature, salinity, oxygen content, pH, clarity and, eventually, levels of nitrogen pollution. The data will be transmitted directly to an EPA website being designed for the average person to understand.
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Just as it would not make sense to only fund bridges and highways in one city in the United States, it makes no sense to limit investment in the sensors, systems and networks needed to build smart cities to a single location.
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The network would replace the turnpike’s microwave-radio system, whose capacity to carry data from toll plazas, camera systems and road sensors to centralized computers will eventually reach its limit.
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If the Hyperloop turns into a means of transportation, it will be the fastest and one of the cheapest modes of transportation in existence.
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An electric grid that can fix itself may seem like something out of science fiction, but Eversource Energy is moving in that direction.
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United States Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith called the conference “a big American barn-raising” of ideas.
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The dark side of the gig economy is a place where people are forced out of decent-paying full-time employment into multiple jobs just to make a living.
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More than a third of respondents to a recent survey said that if a semiautonomous car took over part of the driving duties, they’d eat, read, text, take pictures and access the internet while driving.
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The authors of a book about driverless cars published in September talk timing and safety of automated vehicles.
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Smart Cities Grant Winners announced Thursday were Denver; Los Angeles; Marysville, Ohio; Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority in New York; Pittsburgh, Pa.; San Francisco; and Houston.
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Our future roadways will consist of more than self-driving cars and smart traffic systems.
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The portion of I-380 to be mapped was chosen because it provides both rural and urban traffic.
