Are we ready to let go of the wheel? The current state of self-driving car technology.
“Well, I’ve never been in Austin Texas. Now, I’m driving in Austin, Texas,” said Steve Mahan, the first blind man to drive (alone) in a car. “It was a profound […]
Ford to boost profits by cutting 1400 salaried workers in North America and Asia
A group of 1,400 Ford salaried workers not directly involved in vehicle production — including managers — will be cut as of September 2017. Reuters reports Ford hopes to achieve […]
Diesel emissions fallout continues: US. to sue Chrysler Fiat if talks fail
It’s not quite “Diesel-gate” but the smoke hasn’t cleared on diesel emissions. The Justice Department in Washington is already preparing to serve Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, assuming talks continue to […]
Provinces of Alberta and B.C. cashing in on drilling rights; surpasses 2016 as commodities strengthen
Already, in a few months of 2017, oil and gas producers spent four times what they did in all of 2016 on drilling rights in British Columbia. In Alberta, the […]
SpaceX launches Immarsat 5 F4: continuing the Elon Musk tradition of innovation with commercial payback
Currently, as I write this, the Immarsat-5 Flight 4, livecast via YouTube (below) is at an altitude of 166 km and a speed of 21,844 km/hr, according to the stage 2 […]
Richard Browning invents super human 450 km per hour “Iron Man” flight suit (video)
The idea of having superhuman capabilities, especially the ability to fly, has captivated us since at least the time of Ancient Greece, when, in myth, Daedalus fabricated wings so he, […]
Clean technologies for mining: Green Mining’s time has come
In the United States, metal mining “creates nearly 30% of all the toxic releases measured annually by the EPA.”[1] This is changing, slowly, although political winds blow both ways. Public […]
Is Clean Diesel a myth, or a yet-to-come promise?
Four big cities have already moved to ban diesel from their cities: Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City. An often-cited report claimed over 51,000 people might have died prematurely because […]
Auto Sales Down Again for Big Car Makers
Demand is down again for automobiles in April, after an already weak March 2017. Overall, in April, numbers were down 5% for April 2017 versus April 2016.[1] Demand […]
Technology that could help save the earth: Carbon Capture and Storage
No one technology can “save the earth” but, since carbon dioxide emissions are one of the major causes of climatic change, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) remains one of the […]
Creative work skills helping drive the 4th Industrial Revolution, the fusion of biological, digital and physical
The fusion of three worlds — biological, digital and physical — gave rise to the massive potential of the fourth industrial revolution. The third Industrial revolution was triggered by computers […]
3D printed homes in 24 Hours — printed on site: printed villas, offices and floating saunas?
3D Printing’s potential has hardly been tapped. NASA has programs in place to 3D print components for base stations on Mars and replacement parts for space ships. Medical clinics use […]
