Integration of drones into the National Airspace System will accelerate with a pilot program directed by the FAA, the Transportation Department announced on Wednesday November 1, 2017 The U.S Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration are expected to use the program in the development of a regulatory framework to allow more complex low-altitude
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Walmart will soon have robots roaming the aisles in 50 stores
The robots autonomously roam up and down the aisles of the store, picking out errors it sees.Walmart Walmart's robot fleet is expanding... Walmart is rolling out robots to 50 more stores. The robots go up and down the aisles, scanning for out-of-stock items, incorrect prices, and wrong or missing labels. It's part
Transport for London to make £322m selling data to passengers’ mobiles via Tube wifi
Transport for London says it collects wifi connectivity data to "better understand journey patterns and improve services (SkyNews) -Transport for London (TfL) plans to make £322m by collecting Tube users' location data and potentially selling it to third parties, Sky News can reveal. At the end of 2016, TfL ran a
Why Self-Driving Trucks May Come Before Taxi Service
Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan, equipped with Waymo's self-driving technology. Source: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Waymo CEO predicts Self-Driving Trucks May Come Before Taxi Service Alphabet arm exploring "goods transportation" and ride-hailing Krafcik says Ford and GM could still partner with Waymo Bloomberg - Alphabet Inc.’s driverless vehicle technology may come to market first in
SELF-DRIVING BOATS: THE NEXT TECH TRANSPORTATION RACE
BOSTON (AP) - Self-driving cars may not hit the road in earnest for many years - but autonomous boats could be just around the pier. Spurred in part by the car industry's race to build driverless vehicles, marine innovators are building automated ferry boats for Amsterdam canals, cargo ships that can steer themselves
ELECTRIC CARS DOMINATE THE BUZZ AT FRANKFURT AUTO SHOW
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Carmakers at the Frankfurt auto show are unveiling the low-emissions vehicles and technology strategies they hope will let them profit from the sweeping changes expected to hit the auto industry in the next few years. Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday unveiled a compact electric vehicle under its
F.B.I. Investigateing Uber Software Used to Monitor Lyft Drivers
SAN FRANCISCO (NYT) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States attorney’s office in New York are looking into whether Uber used tactics and software to illegally interfere with Lyft, its largest American competitor. The investigation is focused on Uber’s use of a special program internally called “Hell,” said
Drones Play Increasing Role in Hurricane Harvey Recovery Efforts
Unmanned aircraft are inspecting roadways, checking railroad tracks, assessing the condition of power lines. Houston USA (WSJ) -For drone users, Hurricane Harvey is likely to be the event that propelled unmanned aircraft to become an integral part of the government and corporate disaster-recovery efforts. In the first six days after the storm
Nigerian Government plans national digital map
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that it had commenced moves aimed at putting together a national digital map that would help curb insecurity across the country. The map would further help in improving the country’s economy as the recently inaugurated Economic Recovery and Growth Plan was largely dependent on the
Nigerian Firm, Nigus, to assemble electric cars by 2020
Nigus, a Nigerian firm, has concluded plans to assemble electric vehicles in the country by 2020. Its Chairman, Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim, who made this known in Abuja at the weekend, said he was pushing this line of investment to save Nigeria from becoming a dumping ground for hydrocarbon vehicles in