Volvo has been testing the efficacy of magnets to keep self-driving cars moving safely on the road. The idea is for magnets to help the cars identify where they need to be in lanes. The Volvo Car Group tested how well the road magnets in ...
Tags: Auto, technology, GPS positioning
The US will sell 5 million barrels of sour crude from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of a test sale to evaluate its ability to distribute oil in the event of an emergency, the Department of Energy said Wednesday in a Notice of ...
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To facilitate growing demands for virtual crash test data, Ford is increasing its investment in computing power an additional 50 percent this year. The technology investment will allow Ford to more quickly conduct virtual crash tests - ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Car Group has completed a research which uses magnets to help the self-driving car determine its position. Conducted in a strategic co-operation with the Swedish Transport Administration, the project ...
Even the best medicine has side effects. For years, dairy producers have been selectively breeding their herds to encourage milk production. New insights have confirmed, though, that such efforts to satisfy society's demand for milk, cheese ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
With no green showing in the pasture, few livestock producers are thinking about weed control, but now is the ideal time to control troublesome pasture weeds, says Dr. David Fernandez, Cooperative Extension Program livestock specialist at ...
Tags: weed control, livestock, improving forage availability
Researchers have created a new type of "ultracold" molecule, using lasers to cool atoms nearly to absolute zero and then gluing them together, a technology that might be applied to quantum computing, precise sensors and advanced ...
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Bitcoin, 3-D printed candy and George Takei, the Star Trek-actor-turned-Facebook-phenomenon, are among the attractions this week at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where the geek set is slowly filing out to make room for ...
Tags: Microsoft, digital currency, technology
Smartphones can already understand your voice commands but imagine if they tried to read your emotions as well. What if you asked it for details of movies showing at your local cinema and it replied: Well, you look a bit sad. A rom-com ...
Before seeding alfalfa into ground previously row-cropped, test soil acidity and adjust lime rates as needed, recommends Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist. If you’re seeding new alfalfa this spring ...
Mom was right when she said to eat spinach to be healthier and now researchers in Sweden find an extract from the green plants may make people thinner. Professor Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson at Lund University in Sweden said thylakoid, ...
Tech titan Microsoft—which has struggled to keep pace with Sony and its PlayStation 4—is pinning its hopes on a new action video game, ironically named "Titanfall." The highly anticipated game for the new generation Xbox One ...
With news that AWA has entered administration, the Australian electronics industry is mourning the demise of one of Australia’s most iconic brands and a company that has spent more than 100 years as part of the Australian technology ...
Tags: Radio, electronics industry, cross-continent communications
Virginia Tire & Auto will host racing legend and Firestone brand spokesman Mario Andretti on Thursday, April 3, at its location in the Broadlands community in Ashburn, Va. Andretti was named Driver of the Century by the Associated Press. ...
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With Predictive Powertrain Control being introduced in 2014, Daimler Buses is taking a further step towards improving economy while at the same time reducing the burden on the driver. The "predictive" cruise control system is familiar ...