Community nonprofits unsung heroes in fight against crime
Researchers have studied the development of the nonprofit landscape in the United States, and have found that these organizations have played a pivotal ...
Ford develops robo suit for assembly workers
Ford, in a partnership with Ekso Bionics, has developed the EksoVest, an assistive upper-body exoskeleton that reduces the chance of fatigue and injury ...
World could exclusively run on renewable electricity by 2050
A study by Finland’s Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and the Energy Watch Group (EWG) argues that a global transition to 100 percent ...
Even suboptimal self-driving cars safer for society
In a new report, the RAND Corporation argues that autonomous cars do not have to be perfect to make our streets safer. “Our work suggests that it is ...
Upstream emissions are largest urban emitters
A new study by German and American scientists urges cities to reduce their urban GHG footprints. Especially the so-called ‘upstream emissions’ ...
Electric school buses introduced by Daimler subsidiary Thomas Built Buses
School bus manufacturer Daimler subsidiary Thomas Built Buses, introduces battery-electric school bus. Thomas Built Buses presented its “Saf-T-Liner C2 ...
Ito World is launches commercial global bike-share data stream
The transportation data company Ito World just launched a data stream to make global bike-share data accessible. Developers and companies of apps can pay ...
Finland opened new Aurora intelligent road for AV and connected ITS trials
The Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) has just opened its Aurora intelligent road and now offers the opportunity to test automated driving and ...
Successful Smart Cities need the right culture; it’s all about the people
According to a panel of experts that meet at Smart City InFocus in Yinchuan, China recently, changing organizational culture is an essential element of a ...
AT&T, Ford, Nokia and Qualcomm accelerate C-V2X technology
AT&T, Ford, Nokia and Qualcomm have teamed up to trial C-V2X connected car technology in the US. Cellular-V2X helps the development of connected cars ...
