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Alibaba made a driverless robot that runs 9 mph to deliver packages

“And a storage locker that will unlock when it recognizes your face Alibaba has just announced a couple of tech innovations that hint at a future with even more delivery conveniences. The company showed off a driverless delivery robot that …

Surefly passenger drone performs first manned flight

“The flying taxi scene is now a bustling place, but some are moving faster than others. Where some startups have taken years to move past the prototype stage, others are launching right into things. Workhorse first unveiled its Surefly flying …

BigRep Defies Conventions with Custom Wheel Rims

“The wheels are always in motion here at BigRep, to consistently dream up objects that push the boundaries of design for 3D printing. BigRep Product Designer Marco Mattia Cristofori wanted to develop an object that demonstrated the benefit of 3D …

Drone Guinness record broken above Chinese ancient city wall

“A record-breaking fleet of 1,374 drones danced over the City Wall of Xi’an, in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province last Sunday, making a new Guinness World Record. Launched by the City Wall of Xi’an, the drones taking …

World’s first electrified road for charging vehicles opens in Sweden

“The world’s first electrified road that recharges the batteries of cars and trucks driving on it has been opened in Sweden. About 2km (1.2 miles) of electric rail has been embedded in a public road near Stockholm, but …

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“For the BionicFlyingFox, our developers from the Bionic Learning Network took a close look at the flying fox and technically implemented its special flying characteristics. Due to the combination of the integrated on-board electronics with an external motion-tracking system, the …

NASA Selects Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to Build X-Plane

“Supersonic commercial travel is on the horizon. Today NASA awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works® a contract to design, build and flight test the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator, an X-plane designed to make supersonic passenger air travel a reality. “It …

Nissan Brain-to-Vehicle technology redefines future of driving

“Nissan unveiled research today that will enable vehicles to interpret signals from the driver’s brain, redefining how people interact with their cars. The company’s Brain-to-Vehicle, or B2V, technology promises to speed up reaction times for drivers and will …

China testing super-maglev train that runs at 1,000 km/h

“Chinese scientists have built the world’s first prototype testing platform for an ultra-high-speed vacuum magnetic levitation (maglev) train that can travel at a whopping 1,000 kilometers per hour under ideal conditions. Developed by Sichuan-based Southwest Jiaotong University, it …

NVIDIA Introduces DRIVE Constellation Simulation System to Safely Drive Autonomous Vehicles Billions of Miles in Virtual Reality

“New Datacenter Solution Integrates NVIDIA DRIVE Pegasus, Runs DRIVE Sim Software for Extensive Testing and Validation of Self-Driving Cars GPU Technology Conference — NVIDIA today introduced a cloud-based system for testing autonomous vehicles using photorealistic simulation – creating a safer, more scalable …