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waymo.com Waymo and Uber expand partnership to bring autonomous ride-hailing to Austin and Atlanta

Today, Waymo and Uber are announcing an expanded partnership to bring the Waymo One experience to Austin and Atlanta, only on the Uber app, beginning in early 2025.

Waymo and Uber expand partnership to bring autonomous ride-hailing to Austin and Atlanta
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techcrunch.com Nuro pivots to license self-driving tech to carmakers, mobility companies | TechCrunch

After multiple rounds of layoffs in 2022 and 2023, Nuro is pivoting its business strategy to focus more on the startup’s core autonomous driving

Nuro pivots to license self-driving tech to carmakers, mobility companies | TechCrunch
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fortune.com Inside the secretive design studio of Amazon’s robo-taxi company Zoox as it readies for paying customers

Zoox has gone all-in on a vehicle with no steering wheel as competitors start with less ambitious car designs.

Inside the secretive design studio of Amazon’s robo-taxi company Zoox as it readies for paying customers
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www.wired.com Crispr-Enhanced Viruses Are Being Deployed Against UTIs

With antibiotics losing their effectiveness, one company is turning to gene editing and bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—to combat infections.

Crispr-Enhanced Viruses Are Being Deployed Against UTIs
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futurism.com Uber Drivers Say They're Doomed in the Face of Robotaxis

Uber drivers are anxiously awaiting a future in which robotaxis could make their jobs obsolete, as The Register reports.

Uber Drivers Say They're Doomed in the Face of Robotaxis
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Human drivers are to blame for most serious Waymo collisions
  • In total, Waymo has reported nearly 200 crashes, which works out to about one crash every 100,000 miles. Waymo says 43 percent of crashes across San Francisco and Phoenix had a delta-V of less than 1 mph—in other words, they were very minor fender-benders.

  • Human drivers are to blame for most serious Waymo collisions
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    www.businesswire.com Mobileye to End Internal Lidar Development

    Mobileye (Nasdaq: MBLY) has chosen to end the internal development of next-generation frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) lidars for use in aut

    Mobileye to End Internal Lidar Development
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    www.notateslaapp.com Tesla Updates FSD Package, Can Now Only Buy FSD Supervised

    Tesla changes how they advertise and sell FSD on their website, we look to see what the future might bring. Read on inside.

    Tesla Updates FSD Package, Can Now Only Buy FSD Supervised
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    www.popularmechanics.com A Quarter of America's Bridges May Collapse Within 26 Years. We Saw the Whole Thing Coming.

    Engineers are scrambling to prevent disaster, but is it too late after decades of neglect?

    A Quarter of America's Bridges May Collapse Within 26 Years. We Saw the Whole Thing Coming.
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    20% more powerful tandem solar panels enter commercial use for the first time in the US
  • The 72-cell panels, comprised of Oxford PV’s proprietary perovskite-on-silicon solar cells, can produce up to 20% more energy than a standard silicon panel.
    Oxford PV has been developing and working to commercialise this technology since 2014, with a recent module efficiency record of 26.9%

  • 20% more powerful tandem solar panels enter commercial use for the first time in the US

    www.oxfordpv.com 20% more powerful tandem solar panels enter commercial use for the first time in the US | Oxford PV

    Oxford PV announces world-first commercial sale of next-generation perovskite tandem solar panels set to transform the energy industry and accelerate progress towards clean energy goals.05 Sept 2024 — Oxford PV, a global leader in next-generation solar, has started the commercialisation of their rec...

    20% more powerful tandem solar panels enter commercial use for the first time in the US | Oxford PV
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    spectrum.ieee.org Autonomous Vehicles Get a Boost to Seeing in the Dark

    Better light polarization data improves driving ability by 10 percent

    Autonomous Vehicles Get a Boost to Seeing in the Dark
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    South Korea summit to target 'blueprint' for using AI in the military

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    The US is dismantling nuclear warheads to power next-gen reactors | CNN

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    www.wired.com The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise

    Eastern equine encephalitis, which has a high mortality rate, is becoming more common in North America as climate changes expands the habitats of insects.

    The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise
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    View of Waymo's LiDAR Using an IR Camera

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    www.wired.com Ski Resorts Are Stockpiling Snow to Get Through Warm Winters

    Under protective coverings, piles of snow can be stored for a surprisingly long time, allowing ski resorts to mitigate some of the lack of snowfall caused by climate change.

    Ski Resorts Are Stockpiling Snow to Get Through Warm Winters
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    [Video] What will mobility look like in the future? – DW
  • I had the same reaction on the first two. Humanoid robot is just self driving with much more complexity and moving parts. Teledriving, though sounds cool isn't practical, now that we're already starting to reach L4 self-driving. It also looks incredibly unsafe in case the vehicle loses data connection and can't safely come to a stop.

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    Why carbon capture needs a reality check

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    Experts say driver assistance systems are doing more for safety than self-driving tech

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    www.theverge.com The EV evolution is going to take longer than we thought

    Things are likely to remain volatile and unpredictable. And that’s okay.

    The EV evolution is going to take longer than we thought
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    Waymo driverless vehicle re-routes into oncoming traffic

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    Game-changing method makes green hydrogen production cheaper
  • Summary:

    Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are using AI to develop a more efficient method for producing green hydrogen. The researchers have been searching for the optimal alloy or metal combination to act as a catalyst, aiming to make the reaction more efficient and affordable. The AI program analyzed over 36,000 metal oxide combinations through virtual simulations and tested the top candidate in the lab. The recommended alloy of ruthenium, chromium, and titanium emerged as the clear winner, demonstrating 20 times better stability and durability than the benchmark metal.

  • EVs are starting to overtake gas-powered cars in a surprising place - Ethiopia
  • There are around 100,000 EVs in Ethiopia so far.
    The Ethiopian government estimates that number will more than quadruple by 2032. That’s largely because the national government took the extraordinary step earlier this year of banning the import of all gas-powered passenger vehicles — becoming the first nation in the world to do so.

  • Japan Launches a Development Project for Self-Driving EV Taxis
  • Tier IV's business model is important in this regard. The company has open-sourced its autonomous driving software, Autoware, so that it can be freely downloaded and used by companies and research institutions.
    By involving engineers and researchers from all over the world, Tier IV hopes to rapidly advance autonomous driving technology while keeping development costs down.

  • Tesla deletes its blog post stating all cars have self-driving hardware
  • They do have option for FSD transfers already. Looks like their vision model is getting complex to optimise for HW3 so HW4 would definitely help. But there's still no guarantee FSD on HW4 will work flawlessly, and how much "Elon time" it's gonna take to get there.

  • High School Starts Replacing Teachers With AI
  • Right? AI chatbots are so bad with hallucinations. As a programmer I can usually spot the inaccurate code chatbot is spewing, but these kids won't be able to spot the inaccuracy unless there's very strict quality control..which would require human teachers anyway.