U.S. presidential administrations tend to have big impacts on tech around the world. So it should be taken as a given that when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, his second administration will do the same. Perhaps more than usual, even, as he staffs his cabinet with people closely linked to the… Continue reading Trump’s Second Term Will Change AI, Energy, and More
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AI Dash Cams Give Wake-Up Calls to Drowsy Drivers
Increasingly, vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems are looking not only at the road but also at the driver. And for good reason. These systems can, paradoxically, make driving less safe as drivers engage in more risky behaviors behind the wheel under the mistaken belief that electronic equipment will compensate for lack of caution. Attempting… Continue reading AI Dash Cams Give Wake-Up Calls to Drowsy Drivers
Oilstainlab Creates the First Gas-or-Electric Car
Some performance-car buyers can’t imagine a world without internal-combustion engines. Others want to rush headlong into the EV revolution. Car designers and twin brothers Nikita and Iliya Bridan have a uniquely ambitious approach: Why not have both? Their Oilstainlab HF-11 seems aimed at wealthy buyers who can’t decide between, say, a gas-swilling Ferrari Daytona SP3… Continue reading Oilstainlab Creates the First Gas-or-Electric Car
French Startup Aims to Make Fuel Out of Thin Air
As transportation sectors like shipping and aviation remain difficult to decarbonize, a French startup claims to have developed a promising solution to reduce carbon emissions in these industries. Aerleum, founded in 2023, says its technology can pull carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into methanol, which can be used to fuel cargo ships… Continue reading French Startup Aims to Make Fuel Out of Thin Air
Leveraging Reduced-Order Models for Analysis of Onboard Battery Chargers
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New Carrier Fluid Makes Hydrogen Way Easier to Transport
Imagine pulling up to a refueling station and filling your vehicle’s tank with liquid hydrogen, as safe and convenient to handle as gasoline or diesel, without the need for high-pressure tanks or cryogenic storage. This vision of a sustainable future could become a reality if a Calgary-based company, Ayrton Energy, can scale up its innovative… Continue reading New Carrier Fluid Makes Hydrogen Way Easier to Transport
Principles of PID Controllers
Introduction Self-regulating systems using feedback loops, i.e. the routing back of the output of a system to its input, have existed since antiquity and have nowadays become an integral part of modern technology. One of the first attempts to rigorously describe control loops using feedback traces back to more than 150 years ago with James… Continue reading Principles of PID Controllers
AI and Radar Seek to Unsnarl a 500-Year-Old Traffic Jam
Porta Nuova in Verona, Italy, is the result of then-modern city planning—in the year 1532. The gateway to the city, and its elaborate fortifications, was designed by Michele Sanmicheli, the Renaissance military architect who built fortresses in Crete, Cyprus, and Venice. Those thick walls are still standing, but Porta Nuova is now equally known for… Continue reading AI and Radar Seek to Unsnarl a 500-Year-Old Traffic Jam
College Electric Motorcycle Team Keeps Setting Records
In 2016, IEEE Spectrum spotlighted Ohio State University’s Buckeye Current team, a group of engineering students who dared to test their electric motorcycle’s mettle against professionals in the grueling Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The 20-kilometer “Race to the Clouds” challenged the students with 156 hairpin turns on a trek to the 4,300-meter summit. By 2022,… Continue reading College Electric Motorcycle Team Keeps Setting Records
Partial Automation Doesn’t Make Vehicles Safer
Early on the morning of 3 September, a multi-car accident occurred on Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania, raising alarms about the dangers of relying too heavily on advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Two men were killed when a Ford Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle, traveling at 114 kilometers per hour (71 mph), crashed into a car that… Continue reading Partial Automation Doesn’t Make Vehicles Safer