Driverless cars: stopping dead seems to be a default setting when they encounter a problem — it can cause chaos on roads

Self-driving cars still perceive what’s going on very differently to how humans do.

Barry Brown, Professor of Human Computer Interaction, Stockholm University • conversation
Jan. 3, 2024 ~7 min

Tesla's recall of 2 million vehicles reminds us how far driverless car AI still has to go

Autonomous driving technology needs to be able to think and behave more like a human.

Saber Fallah, Director of Connected Autonomous Vehicles Lab at the University of Surrey, University of Surrey • conversation
Dec. 14, 2023 ~6 min


Google's Gemini AI hints at the next great leap for the technology: analysing real-time information

Learning about the world from live events is the next step for AI.

Lars Erik Holmquist, Professor of Design and Innovation, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 ~5 min

Your car might be watching you to keep you safe − at the expense of your privacy

Your car’s safety technology takes you into account. But a lot of that technology helps car companies collect data about you. Researchers are working on closing the gap between safety and privacy.

M. Hadi Amini, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
Dec. 6, 2023 ~7 min

MIT engineers are on a failure-finding mission

The team’s new algorithm finds failures and fixes in all sorts of autonomous systems, from drone teams to power grids.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Nov. 9, 2023 ~8 min

To meet emissions goal, decarbonize light-duty vehicles?

"Transportation is the highest emitting sector in the US, with the majority of emissions coming from light-duty vehicles."

Jim Erickson-U. Michigan • futurity
Nov. 8, 2023 ~7 min

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

More and more motorists are opting for bigger EVs – but there are several environmental concerns to consider.

Grazia Todeschini, Reader in Engineering, King's College London • conversation
Nov. 6, 2023 ~6 min

What is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains

Some power plants don’t have massive smokestacks or cooling towers – or even a central site.

Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University • conversation
Oct. 17, 2023 ~8 min


How sodium-ion batteries could make electric cars cheaper

Sodium is a cheap and viable alternative to lithium in batteries for low-medium range EVs.

Robert House, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 10, 2023 ~7 min

Climate change is about to play a big role in government purchases – with vast implications for the US economy

The Biden administration directed agencies to consider the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in their future purchasing and budget decisions. An example shows just how much is at stake.

Lauren Gifford, Associate Director of the Soil Carbon Solutions Center, Colorado State University • conversation
Oct. 3, 2023 ~8 min

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