Infrastructure
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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. -
National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages.
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A new report from the Urban Institute outlines how many of the projects developed as part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including technology work, have been slow to finish and deploy.
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Like NYC's Citi Bike program, Suffolk residents with the Zagster app will be able to pick up and drop off bikes at docks placed throughout the county.
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After almost three days of silence, Uber has resumed work with self-driving cars in Pittsburgh.
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Nvidia created several prototypes by retrofitting existing vehicles, and it has a permit from California to take them on test drives. It uses the cars for training its artificial intelligence system.
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To create a fully driverless vehicle, capable of handling all driving situations, Waymo is training its autonomous minivans to operate in the snow.
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NuTonomy's CEO says they are not going to halt their testing like Uber has halted theirs in the midst of accidents.
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Digital transformations and app creations are just the beginning of this Florida-based company's tech transformation project.
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The bill does not preempt local robot control — local governments could still decide whether to allow them and how to regulate them.
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machine learning, as well as improvements in sensors that measure our lives and actions with precision, may change the way humans interact not only with phones and websites, but maybe the world at large.
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The primary focus now is to improve, maintain and preserve what the department has.
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There hasn’t been a manned mission beyond low-Earth orbit since the final Apollo moon landing in 1972.
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Don't believe it? Here's video proof of the Feb. 23 stunt.
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A new coating has been created for regular paper that needs no ink, and can be printed on with light, erased and reused more than 80 times.
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In order to play offensively, managers and IT leaders must come up with a standardized code for how Internet-connected devices are set up.
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With an historic infrastructure expenditure on the table, the SMART Plan also offers potential windfalls for contractors, consultants and the lobbyists they employ.
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French transportation giant Airbus plans to test a flying vehicle prototype later this year. Time will tell if that jump-starts the ambitious drone-car protype unveiled March 7 at the Geneva car show.
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Future plans for the Skyway will include creating access points along existing routes that will allow the driverless vehicles to leave the elevated pathway and merge onto roadways on dedicated lanes.
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Hundreds of high-hazard and dangerous rail crossings need significant improvements, and lawmakers and advocates are calling for improvements to safety at those crossings.
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As navigation apps become more popular, traffic has been redirected from freeways and major intersections into smaller neighborhoods.
