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Lux Research: “The rush to proclaim driverless cars as the near future for personal transport is, simply, wrong”

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In a note following the 2014 Automated Vehicle Symposium, Lux Research said : “ The rush to proclaim driverless cars as the near future for personal transport is, simply, wrong. ” The rush to proclaim driverless cars as the near future for personal transport is, simply, wrong. Multiple times, we heard the phrase “But Google says.”

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Brandnew UAW management: ‘While to get our fair proportion’

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Marick Masters, a industry coach at Wayne Environment College in Detroit who focuses on exertions problems, mentioned the union’s intentions are sunlit. “The members will have to prepare their wallets and their own personal budgets.” “It makes the threat of a strike much more viable.”

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Exploring Sydney’s Deep Tech Ecosystem

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It’s slashing the cost of cancer drugs, offering hope for prolonged lifespans and alleviating suffering. For more information on Sydney’s Tech Industry and hosting your next conference in Sydney, visit besydney.com.au. With over 365 resident companies incubated, over $1.7 billion raised, over $1.4

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

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A new systematic review by The Lancet found that “people living in e-waste exposed regions had significantly elevated levels of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants,” and it advocated for “novel cost-effective methods for safe recycling operations … to ensure the health and safety of vulnerable populations.”

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Portable sensors enable monitoring of pollution on smart phones; inferring pollution maps with greater granularity

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These results suggest that the cumulative impact of many individuals using personal sensing devices may have an important role to play in the future of environmental measurement for public health. Computer scientists presented findings from these field tests at the Wireless Health 2012 conference in San Diego earlier this year.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

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Under some fairly specific constraints, autonomous robots are starting to find a few valuable niches in semistructured environments, like offices and hospitals and warehouses. It’s still an achievement for autonomous robots to merely survive in the real world, which is a long way from any kind of useful generalized autonomy.

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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). In many cities, driving a personal vehicle from home to work is not feasible. Multimodal mobility solutions.

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