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Sheffield engineers use 3D printing for a 1.5m-wide UAV prototype

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The engineers said the polymer craft could form the basis of cheap and potentially disposable UAVs that could be built and deployed in remote situations potentially within as little as 24 hours. They plan to develop the craft for guidance by GPS or camera technology, controlled by an operator wearing first person-view goggles.

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MIT CSAIL, Cornell study finds rides-sharing theoretically could cut taxi traffic in NYC by 75%

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A new modeling study by a team from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Cornell suggests that using ride-sharing from companies like Uber and Lyft theoretically could reduce the number of taxis on the road in New York City by 75% without significantly impacting travel time. —Daniela Rus.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

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Where everyone had access to preventative health care that was both personalized and less invasive? What we need is something called cozy futurism, a concept I first encountered while reading a blog post by software engineer Jose Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente. What about reducing pollution in urban and poor communities?

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

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This year, auto dealers in California will be able to go beyond personalized license plate frames to sell “Kindle-ized” license plates, in which the entire plate can display custom text and graphics using e-paper technology. states will introduce the gadgets this year, and his company is “in conversation” with 10 more.

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Mazda Says Turbocharged Miata Best Left for Tuners

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The company allegedly just wanted a more free-revving engine to satisfy the person behind the wheel.& While it’s not clear that turbocharging anything within the segment makes good financial sense for the companies that have to build them, a subset of fans have been demanding forced induction for years.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. And the right person was Apple founder Steven Jobs, who invented the first, hoped for the second, and told Adobe to tough out the third. Evans & Sutherland had never produced anything as complex.

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First Look: 2024 Ford Ranger and Ranger Raptor

The Truth About Cars

What we found seemed to be a familiar concept with lots of little improvements that added up to something grander than what’s currently on offer. Its representatives also stressed just how much effort was put into ensuring the vehicle was reliable and durable — though only time will tell how successful the company actually was.

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