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NASA, Uber to explore safety, efficiency of future urban airspace

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earlier post ), further to explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a safe and efficient system for future air transportation in populated areas. NASA has signed a second space act agreement with Uber Technologies, Inc. Credits: NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory.

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Now Arriving at an Airport Lounge Near You: Peloton Bikes, Nap Pods and Caviar Service

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At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, travelers can get complimentary massages, and at Denver International Airport, there are nap pods. Kennedy Airport’s Terminal 4, La Guardia Airport’s Terminal B, Boston Logan International Airport by Gate B40. Forthcoming locations: Harry Reid International Airport.

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NREL to lead $5M initiative to reduce energy use and increase energy efficiency of DFW

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The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will lead a team of researchers—in partnership with Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world—to identify new transportation technologies that could dramatically improve energy use, convenience, and affordability.

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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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The Alliance to Save Energy has chartered a national commission of business, government and civil society leaders that will work together to develop a pathway and recommendations to reduce energy use in the US transportation sector by 50% by 2050 while meeting future mobility needs. Non-road (e.g.,

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Video Friday: The Coolest Robots

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In future research, the team wants to explore how to program reactions from the swipe or pinching motions used on a touchscreen. [ This work will be presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ( ICRA 2023 ) in London next week. CMU ] DEEP Robotics Co. Mateo Guaman Castro ] Thanks, Mateo!

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Clean Energy wins $10M, multi-year transit deal with New Jersey Transit

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SP+, a provider of professional parking management, has signed a 5-year fueling agreement with Clean Energy to fuel 16 CNG buses for a new Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility located at the San Diego International Airport. In 2015, Dillon’s fleet consumed 1.1 million GGEs of natural gas in Texas. The fueling contract runs through 2020.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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Toward the end, though, the speech took a curious and hopeful turn, as Nixon rhapsodized about the unifying potential of international cooperation in space exploration. Two days after the launch, Goddard received its first MSS image, showing the Dallas–Fort Worth area. (In ERTS had a spatial resolution of 80 meters.

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