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Walmart is ‘secretly’ testing self-driving floor scrubbers, signaling that more robots are coming

Posted by Dan Kummer in business, robotics/AI, transportation

Nov 21
2017

Planning to try and automate the entire store.

Walmart (WMT) has been quietly testing out autonomous floor scrubbers during the overnight shifts in five store locations near the company’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.

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A spokesperson for Walmart told FOX Business that the move, which was first reported by LinkedIn, is a “very small proof of concept pilot that we are running” and that the company still has a lot more to learn about how this technology “might work best in our different retail locations.”

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Tesla Roadster might fly — By Peter Valdes-Dapena | CNN Tech

Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in Elon Musk, solar power, space, sustainability, transportationTagged Tesla

Nov 20
2017

“Musk seems to be talking about something different, a sports car that could “hop” over obstacles. The emphasis would, presumably, still be on performance and practicality with four wheels on the ground.”

Why Waiting for Perfect Autonomous Vehicles May Cost Lives

Posted by Dan Kummer in robotics/AI, transportation

Nov 18
2017

Some people think autonomous vehicles must be nearly flawless before humans take their hands off the wheel. But RAND research shows that putting AVs on the road before they’re perfect improves the technology more quickly—and could save hundreds of thousands of lives over time.

Waiting for Perfect Autonomous Vehicles May Cost Lives

Posted by Dan Kummer in robotics/AI, transportation

Nov 18
2017

Putting autonomous vehicles on the road when they perform just better than human drivers could save hundreds of thousands of lives over time. This article explains: r.rand.org/5y4v

Tesla Unveils Its Electric ‘Semi’ Truck, And Adds A Roadster

Posted by Genevieve Klien in Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Nov 17
2017

Would love to see inside one of these trucks.

Elon Musk unveiled the Roadster’s return toward the end of an event that was supposed to be all about Tesla’s new Semi trucks.

Could Terrorists Hack an Airplane? The Government Just Did

Posted by Genevieve Klien in cybercrime/malcode, government, transportation

Nov 17
2017

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.

Traveling back in time could be possible, physicist says

Posted by John Gallagher in cosmology, particle physics, robotics/AI, time travel, transportation

Nov 16
2017

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.

By the rules of theoretical physics, certain conditions exist that would allow for the construction of elaborate wormholes, which could transport humans back to different eras.

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