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Order Up
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Order Up

A restaurant in NYC is bringing together humans and robotics.

April 24, 2024

Experimenting With the EV Adoption Problem
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Experimenting With the EV Adoption Problem

We take a look at some of the ways EVs are evolving in order to encourage adoption.

March 16, 2024

The Chameleon Car of Tomorrow
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The Chameleon Car of Tomorrow

BMW reveals a colorful new art car for 2024.

March 2, 2024

Create Worlds With Words
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Create Worlds With Words

Sora is transforming words into videos with incredible results.

February 24, 2024

It’s Not Delivery, It’s Robo-Delivery
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It’s Not Delivery, It’s Robo-Delivery

Move over, food-delivery drivers.

February 7, 2024

AI-Powered Skin Cancer Detection Device
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AI-Powered Skin Cancer Detection Device

Skin cancer detection in the palm of your hand.

January 29, 2024

BMW’s Robo-Baristas
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BMW’s Robo-Baristas

BMW joins the robot game.

January 20, 2024

Google's Robot Constitution 🤖
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Google's Robot Constitution 🤖

Google introduces a Robot Constitution.

January 6, 2024

The Drone Zone
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The Drone Zone

Drones are on the rise.

January 4, 2024

AI Misadventures
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AI Misadventures

Making deals with chatbots. 🤝

December 23, 2023

Google's New AI Challenger: Gemini
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Google's New AI Challenger: Gemini

Gemini vs GPT.

December 11, 2023

Robot Round-Up
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Robot Round-Up

Robots on the rise.

December 6, 2023

The Internet’s Mental Health Myth
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The Internet’s Mental Health Myth

Turns out, the internet may not have as much of an effect on our mental health as we thought. 🧠

November 29, 2023

Power Tech Around The World
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Power Tech Around The World

Portugal powered its entire country with 100% renewables for nearly a week. ♻️

November 20, 2023

Bye-Bye Phones? 🤨
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Bye-Bye Phones? 🤨

A new AI-powered, wearable device claims it could replace smartphones. We’ll see. 📵

November 13, 2023

Biden’s AI Regulations
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Biden’s AI Regulations

The DL on the EO about AI. 📝

November 6, 2023

Solar-Powered (Off) Road Trip
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Solar-Powered (Off) Road Trip

A student-made solar-powered car drives across Morocco. 🐫

October 23, 2023

Lending a Helping Hand
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Lending a Helping Hand

Prensilia celebrates the success of a revolutionary new prosthesis. 🦾

October 18, 2023

Stackin’ Bricks
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Stackin’ Bricks

New robot skills. 🧱

October 17, 2023

Adobe’s Project Primrose
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Adobe’s Project Primrose

Move over blue/gold dress, there’s a new frock in town going viral. 👗

October 14, 2023

Stoked for Stardust
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Stoked for Stardust

Adobe announces an advanced photo-editing tool called "Project Stardust” that has designers and creatives pumped. 🌟

October 10, 2023

3D Printing: A Little Bit Of Everything
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3D Printing: A Little Bit Of Everything

AI is turning heads and making headlines in the tech world lately, but while we were all distracted making ChatGPT write us stories about a cucumber that came to life and really wanted to make it on Broadway, 3D printers have been busy!

October 5, 2023

Check Out Archax! 🤖
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Check Out Archax! 🤖

A real-deal robot suit of armor. 😍

October 4, 2023

Smart and Safe Or Snitch-Bot?
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Smart and Safe Or Snitch-Bot?

Rumor has it that if you ask the robot, "Are you an undercover cop?" it has to tell you the truth.

September 30, 2023

AI Music Gets An Upgrade
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AI Music Gets An Upgrade

AI music keeps getting better and better...

September 15, 2023

Keystroke Detection via Zoom 🔑
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Keystroke Detection via Zoom 🔑

Your keystrokes may be able to be tracked through Zoom calls. Here's how you can protect yourself.

August 8, 2023

A Big Ol’ Wind Farm
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A Big Ol’ Wind Farm

Vineyard Wind is making waves (and, of course, wind).

August 7, 2023

Jailbreaking a Tesla
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Jailbreaking a Tesla

Hackers jailbreak in-car software. 💾

August 4, 2023

Medical AI Marvel
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Medical AI Marvel

With AI, injuries previously considered incurable may be within reach.

August 2, 2023

Feelin’ It? Or, Dealin’ With It?
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Feelin’ It? Or, Dealin’ With It?

Which side are you on?

July 25, 2023

Who Wrote Your News?
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Who Wrote Your News?

If AI learns what pranks are, we're all doomed.

July 24, 2023

Toyota’s Augmented Reality Glasses
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Toyota’s Augmented Reality Glasses

Hey if it saves lives, we’re in! Let’s just agree to not wear them at the dinner table.

July 20, 2023

Ford Gets Literal
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Ford Gets Literal

Ford’s new Bronco patent is perfect for giving a tour of Jurassic Park, LARPing a commander in a tank cupola, and/or head injuries. 🤕

July 18, 2023

Americanizing Autos with AI
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Americanizing Autos with AI

What ‘Merica-fied mash-ups would you most like to see? 🤔

July 8, 2023

Flying Cars?
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Flying Cars?

I’ve shared roads with people who could afford this… I don’t want them flying above my head.

June 29, 2023

Bots, Drones, and Cyborgs
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Bots, Drones, and Cyborgs

Like a new dad installing a car seat, robots and AI as fixtures of our future have become quite "apparent."

June 28, 2023

Midjourney Selfies
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Midjourney Selfies

No tool can make artists obsolete. They only separate those who learn new things from those who master old things.

June 2, 2023

Digital Developments
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Digital Developments

Netflix and chill on sharing your password. Shutterstock scores gifs for cheap. ChatGPT and Bing are getting pretty serious.

May 25, 2023

Optimus Musk
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Optimus Musk

Anyone else think Elon missed a golden opportunity to name this thing Optimusk?

May 19, 2023

Tech Talk: Google, AI, and Water Guns
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Tech Talk: Google, AI, and Water Guns

Google's deleting old accounts, AI regulations, and super soakers.

May 18, 2023

Big Tech Check: Google, Apple and Amazon
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Big Tech Check: Google, Apple and Amazon

Google refocuses on AI, a former employee steals Apple code, and Jamie Siminoff ding dong ditches Ring.

May 17, 2023

AI: Milkshakes and Medical Warnings
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AI: Milkshakes and Medical Warnings

People are always going to work. “Jobs” may fade away, but work never will.

May 11, 2023

US Government Addresses AI Uncertainty
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US Government Addresses AI Uncertainty

Constructing rules for something as new and nebulous as AI is kind of like trying to catch smoke with a net, but committing to fully understanding the thing itself first is a pretty good place to start. 🧠

May 9, 2023

Luvly: The IKEA of Carmakers?
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Luvly: The IKEA of Carmakers?

Pros: Luvly can ship five times as many vehicles in the same amount of container space saving everyone time and money. Cons: The boxes still only come with one tiny Allen wrench for assembly. 😂

May 5, 2023

School Bus Power
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School Bus Power

Nobody expected school buses to rebrand as blizzard heroes, but here we are.

May 1, 2023

ChatGPT Versus ADHD
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ChatGPT Versus ADHD

The cliche advice “Just make a to-do list,” was due for an update. “Just make a robot make you a to-do list,” is the kind of energy we’re after in 2023.

April 19, 2023

Amazon Makes An AI, AI Makes Some Friends
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Amazon Makes An AI, AI Makes Some Friends

Dating app catfishing is about to get so efficient! Just think of all the deep relationships AI’s will accidentally have with one another that mortals may never witness. Sounds like a sci-fi Nicholas Sparks novel.

April 14, 2023

Deepfake Detection
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Deepfake Detection

This is the worst AI technology will ever be. It’s only going to get better from here. So, stay skeptical and pay attention to the details so you don’t get deepfake duped.

April 5, 2023

The Booming Battery Business
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The Booming Battery Business

The US and Japan make a pact on battery minerals, LG invests in the Grand Canyon State, and Winnebago buys its long time battery supplier.

March 29, 2023

Zipline Takes Delivery Drones to the Next Level
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Zipline Takes Delivery Drones to the Next Level

This technology is already being utilized for smaller retail purchases like food delivery and Amazon packages, so just think: one day you could have your delivery of new cars just appear in the sky and land gently on your lot!

March 24, 2023

AI is Getting Better at Art, Medicine, and Lying
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AI is Getting Better at Art, Medicine, and Lying

How AI models are trained is a huge component to how their platforms evolve. Let’s just be careful – we don’t want lyin’ ol’ GPT feeding into Pharma AI’s studious research.

March 22, 2023

We Need Some Space
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We Need Some Space

Wow, so space is going to get 3D-printed rockets and sustainable energy before us? At least we have Arlington.

March 21, 2023

Happy St. Paddy’s: Enjoy Some Green Energy News
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Happy St. Paddy’s: Enjoy Some Green Energy News

Companies are moving quickly to advance green energy production, but as we already know – it’s not easy being green.

March 17, 2023

T-Mobile To Buy Mint Mobile
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T-Mobile To Buy Mint Mobile

If my cellphone plan goes up even one dollar I am leaving a bad review for all the DeadPool movies on Rotten Tomatoes. -Chris

March 16, 2023

Technology Parade: TikTok, Google, and Apple
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Technology Parade: TikTok, Google, and Apple

TikTok gets educational, AI gets its own email, and Apple gets virtual.

March 15, 2023

EVs Growing Up: Big, Fast, Light
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EVs Growing Up: Big, Fast, Light

Anybody, like Mr. Jean, who has gone from rocking long braided hair to a shaved head knows more about aerodynamics than money can buy.

March 8, 2023

Starlink’s Satellite Send-Off
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Starlink’s Satellite Send-Off

At what point do satellites just become space junk?

March 6, 2023

Mining the Deep Seas
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Mining the Deep Seas

Anyone else get major unobtainium and “Sky People” vibes from this?

March 1, 2023

The Future of Pilot-Free Skies
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The Future of Pilot-Free Skies

What would it take to get you on a pilot-less flight? Free bags? Twice the leg-room? Complimentary parachute?

February 28, 2023

BMW, GM and Volvo Embrace Eco-Friendly Metals
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BMW, GM and Volvo Embrace Eco-Friendly Metals

Move over Derek Zoolander, blue steel is old news. We’re into that Campbell’s-can vibe now.

February 23, 2023

Microsoft Limits Bing
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Microsoft Limits Bing

We have seen a lot of “AI Gone Wrong” fiction over the years. In none of it did we guess the robots would start catfishing us.

February 21, 2023

Meta Offers ID Verification Subscription
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Meta Offers ID Verification Subscription

Honestly, just putting an option to pay for tech support prioritization would make a lot of companies a lot of money. Looking at you, MS Paint…

February 20, 2023

Deep Opinions About Deepfakes
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Deep Opinions About Deepfakes

In case anybody is wondering, we use no DF tech on The Automotive Troublemaker, Paul and Kyle just always look kinda like one another.

February 16, 2023

Amazon’s Robotaxi Begins Testing
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Amazon’s Robotaxi Begins Testing

It’s good Amazon worked out same day delivery before starting their taxi service, because I am NOT waiting 7-10 days to go to the library.

February 15, 2023

Top Tech Trends and Predictions
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Top Tech Trends and Predictions

Given the amoeba-like shape of technology’s trajectory, it will be interesting to look back on these predictions and see if (when) they became irrelevant.

February 7, 2023

Tech Layoffs Spark New Opportunities
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Tech Layoffs Spark New Opportunities

Many of the skills entering the hiring pool right now will dramatically benefit the industry that pulls them in. Got your nets?

February 6, 2023

TikTok: To Ban Or Not To Ban
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TikTok: To Ban Or Not To Ban

To fill the void left by TikTok, ASOTU is developing a new app. It is called ClipClop, and it features almost exclusively videos of horses getting dapper haircuts. So far, the user base is… humble.

January 31, 2023

Mercedes-Benz Offers Self-driving And Tetris
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Mercedes-Benz Offers Self-driving And Tetris

Technology comes and goes… Tetris is forever.

January 30, 2023

Recycled and Electric Roads
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Recycled and Electric Roads

Cars are getting more advanced. Why not upgrade the roads too?

January 11, 2023

Sony Gaming Accessibility
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Sony Gaming Accessibility

Asking for a friend - Does it work for people with hands “too big for normal people technology?”

January 9, 2023

Microsoft’s New Investment
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Microsoft’s New Investment

We’ve written about a lot of these investments and acquisitions lately, but this one could mean Clippy is coming back to ride in our cars with us, and that is pretty good news.

January 5, 2023

Air, Water, Soil
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Air, Water, Soil

TL: DR- Uganda is addressing motorcycle emissions, South Korea is addressing plastic in the water, and NY is addressing limited cemetery space.

January 3, 2023

Twitter Updates
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Twitter Updates

We never know what Elon will do next, but we do know a portion of the population will call it brilliant, a portion of the population will call it pointless, and a small portion of the population will change jobs.

December 22, 2022

Batteries From The Sea
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Batteries From The Sea

It seems like the future of E-fuel, EV, Seasalt batteries, and hydrogen isn’t “either or” but “yes and.”

December 21, 2022

Over The Air Updates: Rewards and Risks
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Over The Air Updates: Rewards and Risks

TL; DR - Rivian updated the battery range, Honda updated its in-car software, and we are hoping all automakers update their software security before we regret they didnt.

December 16, 2022

ChatGPT
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ChatGPT

It only gets better the longer you try to stump it… seriously give it a try!

December 12, 2022

Trucks, Tractors, Trailers
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Trucks, Tractors, Trailers

TL; DR - EV Trucks go to battle, AI tractors stay home, and a wedge-shaped camper is making it easier to travel between the two.

December 5, 2022

Honda To Offer Hands-Free Driving
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Honda To Offer Hands-Free Driving

We aren’t sure who is asking for all these self-driving features, and at this point, we are too afraid to ask.

December 2, 2022

PS5 While The Robot Drives
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PS5 While The Robot Drives

We are taking a long way to get there, but this is just reinventing playing Gameboy in the back seat while your parents drive.

November 28, 2022

Hyundai Goes Solar (No Not Like You Are Thinking)
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Hyundai Goes Solar (No Not Like You Are Thinking)

Riddle - A tech company and an automotive company walk into a restaurant and the host says “Table for 1?” How can this be!?

November 23, 2022

Predictions Not Preferences
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Predictions Not Preferences

Think long enough, and everything leads to robots.

November 7, 2022

From Wagons To E-Bikes
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From Wagons To E-Bikes

All these features and nowhere to hitch up our wagon? #MissedOpportunity

November 3, 2022

Self-Delivering Furniture
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Self-Delivering Furniture

All this focus on robot delivery, and nobody is asking the real question - when will the robots build my IKEA shelf?!

October 19, 2022

Salesforce Ready to Make Splash In Automotive
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Salesforce Ready to Make Splash In Automotive

Enterprise tech is slowly, but surely, making it's way into Tier 3 automotive and Salesforce is set to be the most recent new entrant with a unified customer profile as the advantage.

October 14, 2022

Stellantis, Software, and Bengaluru
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Stellantis, Software, and Bengaluru

Dear Stellantis, please teach the car to tell me how frosty the windshield is so I can plan my time accordingly. Love, everybody.

October 13, 2022

Tesla Vision
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Tesla Vision

Tesla has long been a tech company that sells cars. It will be interesting to see how their abandoning this technology impacts other FSD efforts.

October 7, 2022

Google’s Vibe Check
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Google’s Vibe Check

You know what they say - Vibes don’t lie, but AI is responsible for some of the funniest mistakes on the internet. It’s us, we are “they.”

September 30, 2022

Offshore Floating Wind Farms
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Offshore Floating Wind Farms

Just thinking out loud — There is also a lot of direct sun on the ocean… 🌞

September 19, 2022

Ethanol Still Exists
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Ethanol Still Exists

Serious question — Are we due for a corn-tech boom?

September 15, 2022

South Korea Goes Nuclear (No Not That one)
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South Korea Goes Nuclear (No Not That one)

That is the same as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit. The core of the sun is 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. 🌶

September 12, 2022

Ford Learns to Change Lanes
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Ford Learns to Change Lanes

🧒vs.🤖 — Oh nice, I was 26 before I learned to change lanes.

September 9, 2022

French Fries to the Rescue
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French Fries to the Rescue

Turning waste into energy is like sustainable+.

September 8, 2022

Honda’s Take On EV Affordability
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Honda’s Take On EV Affordability

At this rate, Lithium-Ion EV batteries will be obsolete before the factories designed to mass produce them are built.

September 6, 2022

Water Trains, Car Brains, and Battery Gains
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Water Trains, Car Brains, and Battery Gains

TL:DR — Hydrogen trains in Germany, Apple software in cars, and a spare battery in EVs.

August 29, 2022

3D Printed Houses and Less Plastic In The Ocean?
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3D Printed Houses and Less Plastic In The Ocean?

Ask the Experts — I tried to ask the crew what they thought about this, and they got distracted trying to buy one, so I didn’t get any quotes. -Chris@asotu.com

August 24, 2022

Everybody’s Coming After TikTok
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Everybody’s Coming After TikTok

It doesn’t take a Jim McKelvey to know if Amazon is coming after you, but the real miracle here is something that makes Google do something about clickbait.

August 22, 2022

A Tale Of Two Gig Apps
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A Tale Of Two Gig Apps

If friends with vehicles ever start doing favors for gas money again, a whole sector of the economy will fall into ruin!

August 16, 2022

The Shape Of Motors To Come
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The Shape Of Motors To Come

Some of his other inventions are a running robot and a super fast go-kart. With ideas like those, we may skip over EVs and into personal solar jetpacks before you know it.

August 15, 2022

Microsoft Emoji Go Open Source
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Microsoft Emoji Go Open Source

This may seem irrelevant, but imagine if your whole sales team had custom emojis so customers knew who they were looking for when they came in after a text convo? All we have to work with is this: 🤠

August 11, 2022

Solar Windows Generate Buzz
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Solar Windows Generate Buzz

Imagine if 10 years ago somebody told you the cure for climate change was a Tesla roof and tie-dye windows. You’d cross the street when you saw them coming, but, apparently, here we are.

August 5, 2022