A pilot project for self-driven taxis in Singapore is scheduled to be released early next year. As such, it becomes one of the first projects to implements real-world tests, on auto-self drive with no direct human influence.
A major revision is required in our understanding of our Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers have found that there is a huge region around the center of our own galaxy, which is devoid of young stars.
Richard Branson's dream of commercial space tourism is a step closer to reality. His Virgin Galactic company has been granted an operating licence by US aviation officials to fly passengers to the point of weightlessness.
A renewable energy revolution is sweeping the developing world in which the world’s poorest are becoming pioneers in renewable energy and the smart grids of the future.
Impressive as its scale is, size is among the least important things about the Gigafactory. The shift for large scale manufacturing is what is truly gargantuan. Tesla is reinventing mass production for the first time in a century.
Japanese scientists have developed a new humanoid robot that can move naturally by itself utilising embedded neural network. Robot Alter has a ‘human-like’ face and is powered by 42 pneumatic actuators and a central pattern generator.
Right in the heels of bagging the title for the fastest supercomputer in the world, Chinese scientists are already building a new machine that will vastly surpass their current record holder.
Near Melbourne, Australia lies an incredible suburban project underway dubbed Yarrabend. What is unique unique about this venture is that all of the houses will come standard with Tesla Powerwalls and solar panels.
Recent research shows humpbacks do more than just protect their young: they often go on the offensive, actively seeking out and harassing killer whales – and even preventing them from attacking other species like seals, porpoises and sea lions.
Ultrathin and transparent oxide thin-film transistors have been developed for an active-matrix backplane of a flexible display by using the inorganic-based laser lift-off method.
Technological shifts outpace our awareness of them. While we're busy with our day-to-day lives—getting a new smartphone or downloading the next updates—we often don't notice how these incremental changes shape our relationship with technology.
In 2009 astronomers detected an unusual object, named CX330, as a source of X-rays as it was surveying the center of the Milky Way galaxy but they had not idea what it was. Today, astronomers have a better idea to what this strange object is.
A team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis has found a way to use graphene oxide sheets to transform dirty water into drinking water, a discovery it says could be a global game-changer.
Cameron’s short documentary presents visuals of climate-related devastation along with voices calling attention to the issue. The video also takes aim at Donald Trump showing some of his more outrageous remarks on the topic.
