Who's liable in a 'self-driving' car crash?
Police officers can often identify which driver is responsible for a traffic accident.
Apr 11, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Dismantling Germany's Lubmin nuclear plant, piece by piece
At a former nuclear power plant near Lubmin on Germany's Baltic coast, workers in the disassembly hall are chopping up a bulky grey section of a pump from inside one of the reactors.
Apr 11, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Half of U.S. drivers say they often use cellphones behind the wheel
Texting and driving can be deadly. Holding your phone in your hand to talk and surfing the internet while behind the wheel is dangerous, too.
Apr 3, 2023
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Automotive
Giving Australians 'smart' incentives to drive safe
Since the 1970s, Australia has held an international reputation for road safety but, despite that early success, there have been no significant declines in road deaths and injury over the past decade.
Apr 3, 2023
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Engineering
Researchers develop non-intrusive sensor for pipeline monitoring
Unexpected pipeline failures can lead to leaks that pollute the environment and compromise public safety, thereby underscoring the importance of accurate, real-time pipeline monitoring. Pipelines on naval ships that are a ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Engineering
Eye-tracking during building inspections provides insight on how experts think
After a building failure due to natural disasters or poor structural design, safety inspectors must enter a structure to assess the damage before occupants can return. Researchers in the Penn State Department of Architectural ...
Mar 28, 2023
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Automotive
US opens investigation into Tesla seat belts coming loose
U.S. highway safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into problems with Teslas, this time tied to complaints that the seat belts may not hold people in a crash.
Mar 28, 2023
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Automotive
New research proposes a cross-domain safety assurance framework for automated transport
A new report led by academics at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick, proposes a ground-breaking safety assurance framework that has the potential to be applied across automated transport modes.
Mar 27, 2023
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We were told we'd be riding in self-driving cars by now: What happened to the promised revolution?
According to predictions made nearly a decade ago, we should be riding around in self-driving vehicles today. It's now clear the autonomous vehicle revolution was overhyped.
Mar 23, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Simulated terrible drivers cut the time and cost of AV testing by a factor of one thousand
The push toward truly autonomous vehicles has been hindered by the cost and time associated with safety testing, but a new system developed at the University of Michigan shows that artificial intelligence can reduce the testing ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Safety
Safety is the state of being "safe" (from French sauf), the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable. This can take the form of being protected from the event or from exposure to something that causes health or economical losses. It can include protection of people or of possessions.
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