🚘 Transportation
Transportation in all forms and sizes are getting cleaner and the vehicles are self-driving. We for example cover electric cars, airplanes and trucks but also drones and all kinds of autonomous vehicles.
🚘 Wake up! Self-driving cars are almost here
Negative headlines and pessimism are now trying to fool us that full self-driving is not happening anytime soon. That is wrong.
🌉 The mobile phone can measure the strength of bridges
An ordinary mobile phone can work as part of an early warning system that shows if a bridge needs maintenance to keep traffic flowing.
🔋 New battery can provide faster fast-charging for electric cars
Better regulation of the battery's temperature during charging will provide fast charging even for smaller batteries and guarantee that a charge does not take more than ten minutes.
🛩The RobotFalcon: an innovative solution to bird and aircraft collisions
The University of Groningen located in the Netherlands has been working on a solution to the problem of birds colliding with airplanes: a robotic falcon controlled from the ground.
⚡ Charge the electric car in 10 minutes
A breakthrough in battery design makes it possible to achieve charging times of 10 minutes. At the same time, the size of the batteries is reduced, without sacrificing mileage.
🛵 Honda is investing heavily in electric motorcycles
Honda releases new electric motorcycles that will suit everyone from enthusiasts to those who just want a simple and cheap means of transportation.
🇨🇦 Canada's largest airline purchases electric aircraft
Air Canada, which is Canada’s largest airline, recently announced a purchase agreement for 30 electric-hybrid aircraft from the Swedish company Heart Aerospace.
🚢 Safer shipping with VR training
VR training gives students the opportunity to practice both common and unusual situations when piloting large ships.
🚝 An automatic robot can give us better maintenance of the railway
Researchers have produced a prototype of a robot that independently detects and repairs damage to the rails.