Archive for the ‘transportation’ category: Page 376
Jul 28, 2017
Tonight Elon Musk delivers 30 Model 3 Teslas and things may never be the same
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
30 lucky customers will get their hands on the first Tesla Model 3 electric cars to roll off the production line. Here’s why it matters.
Jul 28, 2017
Hyperloop travel just got a step closer to reality
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: transportation
Jul 27, 2017
Robot flying taxi takes its first autonomous flight
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Formerly known as the “Air Mule,” this is a flying taxi, or maybe a future unmanned ambulance.
Urban Aeronautics
Nine years ago, the Air Mule was an almost-believable concept: a flying robot taxi that could get people out of dangerous battlefields without endangering a pilot or crew. It was the exact sort of gizmo one expects from Popular Science: an amazing machine of the future, almost like a flying car, that seemed plausible but just out of reach.
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Jul 26, 2017
How facial recognition could replace train tickets
Posted by Aleksandar Vukovic in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Pay your fare using a 3D face map
Jump to media player A system designed to replace the need for tickets on trains is being tested in the UK.
Jul 26, 2017
What will the car of 2040 be like?
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: futurism, transportation
Following the announcement petrol and diesel engine cars will be banned from sale in 2040, the car of the future is up for grabs.
Jul 23, 2017
Norway Takes Lead in Race to Build Autonomous Cargo Ships
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
We are getting close to the point of a completely automated supply chain.
OSLO—Two Norwegian companies are taking the lead in the race to build the world’s first crewless, autonomously operated ship, an advance that could mark a turning point in seaborne trade.
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Jul 23, 2017
Back to the future: Flying taxis to transport Muscovites in 2018
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: futurism, transportation
Jul 20, 2017
Autonomous Cars: The Ultimate Job Creator?
Posted by Johnny Boston in categories: automation, business, driverless cars, drones, futurism, media & arts, robotics/AI, transportation
In our last film, we explored how the introduction of autonomous, self-driving cars is likely to kill a lot of jobs. Many millions of jobs, in fact. But is it short sighted to view self-driving vehicles as economic murderers? Is it possible that we got it totally wrong, and automated vehicles won’t be Grim Reapers — but rather the biggest job creators since the internet?
In this video series, the Galactic Public Archives takes bite-sized looks at a variety of terms, technologies, and ideas that are likely to be prominent in the future. Terms are regularly changing and being redefined with the passing of time. With constant breakthroughs and the development of new technology and other resources, we seek to define what these things are and how they will impact our future.