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Video Friday: Fluidic Fingers

Cars That Think

Drone Adventures maps wildlife in Namibia from above. Their system uses software to manipulate the design, simulate the robot doing a task, and then provide an optimization score to assess the design and control. [ MIT CSAIL ]. Drone Adventures ]. Paper ] via [ IvLabs ]. Thanks, Fan!

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Greener transport costing UK ‘billions’

Green Cars News

In its report ‘Road to Recovery’ published today, the charity rates the UK’s transport infrastructure 34th behind Namibia and Spain, despite being the 6th richest country in the world. Infrastructure departments are mired in confusing targets and politicised priorities.