Waymo’s sensor stack on top of a Waymo autonomous vehicle. | Source: Waymo
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, today said it is opening an investigation into Waymo LLC, a self-driving vehicle developer and subsidiary…
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Augmenta AI Helps Organize Electrical Work on School Jobs
Electrical contractors are usually the last trade in to the project design phase, and by then, are competing with mechanical and plumbing systems for space in crowded pathways. Endless change orders and delayed coordination meetings can also…
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What to Retire During a Migration Instead of Just Moving Everything
Most migrations fail in a boring way: everything gets copied, nothing gets better, and the bill shows up fast. Moving every app, database, report, and script feels “safe” because nothing changes. However, it also drags along old bugs,…
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New research enables safe reuse of concrete
Recent research in Sweden and Finland shows how used concrete’s lifespan can be extended another 50 to 100 years when incorporated into new construction. A team from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Tampere University report they have…
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US to build ‘integrated’ nuclear sites with advanced reactors, fuel cycle
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input from states interested in hosting Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses.
This initiative is designed to modernize the domestic nuclear…
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South Korea pitches attack submarines that match ‘five-star hotels’
South Korea has pitched a dozen ‘five-star hotel’ attack submarines to Canada, in a bold bid to secure a multi-billion-dollar contract that could reshape the nation’s defense industry and help it break into NATO markets.
The East Asian…
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World’s largest particle accelerator heats thousands of homes in France
The world’s largest particle accelerator has been supplying heat to thousands of homes in France since mid-January, in an effort to reduce reliance on traditional energy sources and slash CO2 emissions.
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC),…
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ABB Robotics seeks to standardize measurement of robot energy consumption
ABB says that automating more of construction can reduce carbon emissions. Source: ABB Robotics
The potential for industrial robots to make production more efficient and environmentally sustainable is commonly cited as a potential benefit of…
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RobCo Raises $100 Million to Scale Its Autonomous Industrial Robotics Platform
Lightspeed and Lingotto, an investment management company owned by Exor, lead new investment round as RobCo expands physical AI-driven robotics
RobCo, a physical AI-driven robotics company raised $100 million to advance RobCo’s…
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Scientists found a way to cool quantum computers using noise
Quantum computers only work when they are kept extremely cold. The problem is that today’s cooling systems also create noise, which can interfere with the fragile quantum information they are supposed to protect. Researchers at Chalmers…
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