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Nov 17, 2017
Could Terrorists Hack an Airplane? The Government Just Did
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: cybercrime/malcode, government, transportation
Hopefully not!
Hacking experts having been warning for years that it’s too easy to breach a cockpit’s defenses. Now an alarming government test proves their point.
Nov 16, 2017
Traveling back in time could be possible, physicist says
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: cosmology, particle physics, robotics/AI, time travel, transportation
As the common tropes of science fiction continue to break out into reality, from humanoid robots to self-driving cars, there’s one concept that has seemingly remained beyond our grasp: time travel.
But, jumping through time might not be impossible, after all, according to one astrophysicist.
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Nov 15, 2017
South Korea is building a $35 billion city designed to eliminate the need for cars
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: business, transportation
By 2020, Songdo’s International Business District will span 100 million square feet. The South Korean city aims to prioritize pedestrians over cars.
Nov 15, 2017
NASA ‘nuclear engines’ could provide power to the first humans on Mars
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: nuclear energy, space, transportation
NASA is set to begin testing a radical ‘nuclear engine’ that could provide power for astronauts on the Martian surface.
Dubbed the ‘Kilopower’ it would use a uranium rector the size of a toilet roll to create heat.
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Nov 13, 2017
Boeing 757 controls remotely HACKED while on the runway
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: government, security, transportation
A group of security researchers has remotely hacked a Boeing 757 aircraft without the knowledge of the pilots, a US government official has claimed.
Robert Hickey, a Homeland Security cyber investigator, managed to take over the passenger jet on the runway at Atlantic City airport, New Jersey.
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Nov 12, 2017
Privacy fears over artificial intelligence as crimestopper
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Washington (AFP) — Police in the US state of Delaware are poised to deploy “smart” cameras in cruisers to help authorities detect a vehicle carrying a fugitive, missing child or straying senior.
The video feeds will be analyzed using artificial intelligence to identify vehicles by license plate or other features and “give an extra set of eyes” to officers on patrol, says David Hinojosa of Coban Technologies, the company providing the equipment.
“We are helping officers keep their focus on their jobs,” said Hinojosa, who touts the new technology as a “dashcam on steroids.”
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Nov 11, 2017
Lamborghini creates world’s first ‘self-healing’ sports car
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: health, nanotechnology, transportation
L amborghini has created the world’s first self-healing sports car. The Terzo Millennio, which translates as third millennium in Italian, has the ability to detect and repair cracks in its body work.
Using sensors the car can conduct its own health check to detect any damages and self-repair itself by filling the crack with nanotubes to prevent it spreading.
The super car was created in collaboration with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston.
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Nov 10, 2017
Full Tilt: When 100% of Cars Are Autonomous
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
What happens to roadkill or traffic tickets when our vehicles are in control? Related Article.