Emerging Tech
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California-based company Coco Robotics announced a pilot program in the Heights neighborhood last week, nearly a year after Uber Eats teamed with Avride for downtown robot delivery service. -
As Hollywood imagines our future, are brain and human microchip implants nearing a “ChatGPT moment” in 2026? Medical progress collides with privacy fears and state bans.
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The Kansas City Council is beginning to rethink the city’s approach to future data center construction while striving to learn more about the booming industry’s impact locally.
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The robot, named Jibo, comes with its own storage cloud and the ability to send and receive reminders, take pictures, tell stories and even facilitate video conferencing.
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The up to four trucks at a time will be able to use the overhead lines or disconnect and drive with hybrid diesel, compressed natural gas, battery or other on-board energy source.
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Among many characteristics, the smart grid includes net metering, allowing customers to generate their own power with solar and wind technology and actually help power the grid.
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At the size of a postage stamp, the TrueNorth chip contains 1 million programmable neurons, and is more than 1,000 times as energy efficient as a conventional chip, according to a study published online Thursday in the journal Science.
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The Smart Dash app and driver information system is a portable, voice-activated safety solution that will allow drivers to link phone, audio system and a backup camera to a single tablet app that responds to voice commands.
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At the Black Hat 2014 conference, Billy Rios of Qualys Security revealed details about several vulnerabilities he was able to find, most notably in the airport device entrusted to detect trace levels of drugs and explosives.
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Houston folds the Uber/Lyft smartphone-centric model into taxi, limo and airport shuttle regulations; Dallas faces a mid-September vote on guidelines.
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The San Jose Police Department needs to publicly pass a requirement to keep the drone in its box until rules have been set for its use -- including transparency, outside oversight and accountability.
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How about free guidance from the state’s leading energy regulator? California Energy Commission (CEC) member Commissioner Andrew McAllister leads the panel’s efficiency projects.
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A plan to provide low-income Texans with the tools to help them interact with "smart" meters and improve energy efficiency at their homes has been stuck in a bureaucratic limbo with no end in sight.
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The new system will enable customers to log onto a website to see meter readings, or have Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority send them the numbers by email or text message.
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Customers in some communities can now upload engineering plans for review, pay fees and track projects from submission to permit approval 24/7.
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The long-planned site is to be based near Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Southern Maryland, long a key research site for the Navy.
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Police departments nationwide have become increasingly concerned about electronic location issues for wireless 911 calls, prompting an FCC workshop on the technology gap.
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We need to make the case for the glitzless but still innovative initiatives.
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Schools that have purchased Chromebooks versus iPads point to low cost and minimal maintenance requirements as the primary selling points.
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A few bills that would regulate drone activity in California are in play at the state Capitol as the Legislature reconvened Monday from its summer recess.
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The current system — a mixed-mode, simulcast 800 MHz system — was first installed in 2000 and upgraded in 2009.
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