Innovation & Tools
IIHS: Tesla, BMW need to work on driving-safety issues - 02/01/2017
Crash tests of four cars conducted by Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) showed that all four models - hybrid Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius Prime plus electric Tesla Model S and BMW i3 – are worth to give them a try. However, a minor number of the hybrid models’ parameters still showed greater reliability than their electric counterparts. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)...
Rapid advancement of AI scares scientists and businessmen - 01/12/2017
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and former owner of eBay Pierre Morad Omidyar sent $ 20 million for researches on protection from artificial intelligence (AI), reports The Guardian. The money went to a new fund called the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund. "We need to get a guarantee that the AI will continue to exist for the good of society and to minimize damage", - Mr....
Faraday Future: less than a month to go and countless problems - 12/26/2016
Faraday Future fired two top executives. Marco Mattiacci, Global Chief Brand & Commercial Officer and Jörg Sommer, Vice President for Product Marketing and Growth left the US-Chinese start-up, reported The Verge. Mattiacci, former Head of Ferrari team in Formula 1 and executive at the Italian automaker's offices in North America and the Asia-Pacific region, has been with Faraday Future...
Google to shoot down the self-driving car project while Apple aims to enter the car industry - 12/13/2016
Google refused to fully develop its own unmanned car without a steering wheel and pedals, according to The Information. Instead, the company is looking forward to working with other automakers, and launch an autonomous service for joint use of cars by the end of 2017. Google has considered its own project impractical. According to the publication, Alphabet’s CEO Larry Page and Chief Financial...
Luxembourg to become a trailblazer of asteroid mining - 11/11/2016
In recent years, Luxembourg appeared on the world scene only with news about banking secrecy and dubious tax treaties. Now, however, this small European country is apparently pursuing a different glory of a pioneer in asteroid mining. The country has already invested 25 million euros (185 million kroons) in US company Planetary Resources through state fund SpaceResources. Planetary Resources is...
The world's first hydrogen-powered train goes into mass production - 11/07/2016
Next year, citizens of Germany will have an opportunity to take a ride on a hydrogen-powered train Coradia iLint, developed by French company Alstom. It is the world's first mass-produced hydrogen train able to cover long distances. Coradia iLint’s top is a base for a tank with hydrogen fuel, and a fuel power cell, which converts hydrogen energy into electric current. The train can reach speeds...
Verizon to introduce special billing plans for UAVs - 10/18/2016
People choose different billing plans for their smartphones to send emails, chat on Facebook, and do many other things. But what about billing plans to communicate with drones? According to information of Wall Street Journal, Verizon may soon offer a new billing plans for owners of drones. According to the publication, the line of tariff plans will start with 1 GB of data for $ 25 per month....
Aviation experts: Don't hurry development of self-driving cars - 10/14/2016
According to security experts, development of unmanned vehicles should be slower and more gradual, and many elements of the automation still require improvement. It took decades to fully introduce autopilot in airplanes. This was enough to test the equipment, and make necessary improvements in the system. In addition, despite the fact that the aircraft flight occurs mostly on autopilot, flight...
Sony shows VR helmet PlayStation VR - 10/13/2016
Sony has officially released its PlayStation VR, a new gadget, with which you can dive into virtual reality. Designed as an accessory for Sony consoles, ambitious PlayStation VR is a virtual reality helmet, which can be connected to any version of PlayStation 4. According to Shuhei Yoshida (President of SCE Worldwide Studios), the gadget has been created to change future of video games. 230...
Pixel XL: Specifications of the secret Google smartphone - 10/03/2016
October 4, Google will introduce smartphones under its own brand. According to Financial Times, the devices will be the first products of Google’s hardware production unit. Design of new gadgets is developed directly by Google. A couple of images of the smartphones, to be named Pixel and Pixel XL, have already leaked on the Internet. Previously, Google used to release devices with only purpose to...
