Ford and General Motors are confirming that they will temporarily close all of their North American factories due to the coronavirus threat. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-ford-gm-american-factory-shutdowns.html Views: 1
Advances in soft robotics could someday allow robots to work alongside humans, helping them lift heavy objects or carrying them out of danger. As a step toward that future, Stanford University researchers have developed a new kind of soft robot that, by borrowing features from traditional robotics, is safe while still retaining the ability to…
Google has announced a new real-time transcription feature for its free Translate app for Android phones. An IOS version is planned for the future, the company says. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-google-real-time-voice.html Views: 1
Scania, part of Volkswagen’s Traton group, said Wednesday it was halting most of its European truck production following disruptions in the supply chain as a result of the coronavirus. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-scania-halt-europe-truck-production.html Views: 1
Apple’s new iPad brings PC-like trackpad capabilities for the first time, as the company seeks to make its tablet even more like a laptop computer. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-apple-pc-like-trackpad-ipad-tablets.html Views: 1
Volvo is recalling more than 736,000 vehicles worldwide because the automatic emergency braking system may not detect obstacles and stop the vehicles as designed. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-volvo-recalls-vehicles-automatic-malfunction.html Views: 1
There may be many overlooked organic and inorganic materials that could be used to harness sunlight underwater and efficiently power autonomous submersible vehicles, report researchers at New York University. Their research, publishing March 18 in the journal Joule, develops guidelines for optimal band gap values at a range of watery depths, demonstrating that various wide-band…
Imagine being scared to breathe the air around you. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-artificial-intelligence-air-pollution.html Views: 0
It could be argued that scientists create superpowers in their labs. If Aram Galstyan, director of the Artificial Intelligence Division at the USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute (ISI) had to pick just one superpower, it would be the ability to predict the future. What will be the daily closing price of Japan’s Nikkei 225 index…
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), commonly known as drones, are widely used in mapping, aerial photography, rescue operations, shipping, law enforcement, agriculture, among other things. Despite great potential for improving public safety, use of drones can also lead to very undesirable situations, such as privacy and safety violations, or property damage. There is also the highly…