Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35%
A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown.
May 20, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown.
May 20, 2019
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Other
The ride-hailing era ushered in by Uber and Lyft once promised to complement public transit, reduce car ownership and alleviate congestion.
May 8, 2019
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Engineering
With the growth of 3-D printing, it's entirely possible to 3-D print your own prosthetic from models found in open-source databases.
Apr 4, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Data-oriented attacks allow hackers to manipulate non-control data and alter a program's behavior, often causing significant damage to the systems affected. Researchers at Virginia Tech, Clemson University, Pennsylvania State ...
Engineering
As automated cars become more commonplace, it is increasingly likely that internet-connected vehicles could be simultaneously disabled. Currently, regulators tend to focus on preventing individual incidents, like the pedestrian ...
Mar 4, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar and wind energy are widely regarded as sustainable, environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuels, but each is only intermittently available. Both solutions need affordable, high performance energy storage technologies ...
Oct 25, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at the Institute of Chemical Technology and collaborators have successfully developed and tested a scale car prototype that stores and generates hydrogen safely and is capable of using it as fuel.
Oct 19, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
A sapphire-colored dye called methylene blue is a common ingredient in wastewater from textile mills.
Aug 27, 2018
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Engineering
University of Virginia mechanical engineers and materials scientists, in collaboration with materials scientists at Penn State, the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, have invented ...
Aug 17, 2018
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A team of researchers from Cologne and New York has presented proposals for future traffic management. A dynamic, fair toll for road use could reduce congestion.
Aug 3, 2018
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