UPS has revealed plans for delivery drones that are built into trucks so that they can be launched at different points along the route. First tests ran on ...
Uber starts first self-driving service in Arizona
Uber has launched its self-driving Volvo XC90 SUV in Arizona. It is the first state where the Uber cars run. Arizona’s governor Doug Ducey has been ...
The Netherlands reached a milestone in e-bike sale
The Netherlands are a model when it comes to e-bike uses. In 2015 the sale of e-bikes reached a milestone and broke all turnover records. For the first ...
The conservative Texas is the nation’s leader in clean energy
Texas is mainly associated with Republican-dominated politics and with being an oil-rich and fracking-friendly state. Yet, Texas is the national leader in ...
Ab 2018 Fahrverbot für Dieselfahrzeuge in Stuttgarts Innenstadt
Am Dienstag hat die Landesregierung von Baden-Württemberg ein Fahrverbot für Dieselfahrzeuge beschlossen, das von 2018 an gilt. Dies soll vor allem zur ...
A room that charges devices wirelessly
Scientists at Disney Research have constructed an entire room that can wirelessly charge 10 objects at a time. You simply have to walk inside with your ...
Morocco’s Koutoubia mosque: A model for green energy
The Koutoubia Mosque in Morocco is one the first mosques that have solar panels installed and one of the most-high profile ones in the country. They have ...
Major companies Bosch, Visa and Indiegogo join IBM IoT partnership
Visa, Bosch and Indiegogo (an entrepreneurial funding platform) are joining a major new partnership with IBM’s Watson IoT business unit in order to ...
Tanzanian company turns plastic into lumber
The one year old company “EcoAct Tanzania” turns waste into lumber in order to meet the growing demand for housing in Tanzania’s growing ...
MIT researchers constructed a self-driving wheelchair
MIT researchers have put the same hardware from self-driving cars into a wheelchair. The wheelchair is equipped with three LiDAR sensors and works exactly ...
