Elon Musk Pokes Fun At Tesla’s Convoluted Robotics — And Himself In The Process
An Elon Musk tweet incorporated humor about Tesla automation and production processes.
An Elon Musk tweet incorporated humor about Tesla automation and production processes.
Learn more about the Women Startup Challenge (co-hosted by Women Who Tech and Google) to support female entrepreneurs in the cleantech space.
George Hotz (aka geohot) was one of the headliners at this year’s Autonomy conference in Paris. He didn’t disappoint, even though he apparently had to skip flying over (at the last minute) and do the presentation and Q&A via Skype.
Is Tesla still ahead in the race to self-driving cars, or has it fallen back into the pack? I think it still has a much more complete and robust solution set than anyone over several factors which support one another. Other companies are a bit ahead in one component or another, but no one else has the complete set.
One of the biggest issues facing electric cars is range. While EVs might be ideal for inner city commuting or short distances, anything over 200 miles and even an advanced car like the forthcoming Tesla Model 3 is going to need a recharge. This of course takes time, so it makes long distances a challenge for electric vehicles to overcome. Now scientists from Stanford University have made a significant step towards getting round this problem – by successfully transferring electricity wirelessly to a moving object.
A team of six teenage girls came from Afghanistan to compete in an international robotics competition in Washington, DC. To get here, they had to battle not only physics, but bigotry, intolerance, and irrational fear.
The new Softbank–Saudi tech fund — backed primarily by Japan’s Softbank Group and by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund — has now raised more than $93 billion for investment in various emerging tech sectors, such as artificial intelligence (AI) development and robotics.
A new project being headed up by the University of Manchester is investigating the role that advanced technologies, including robotics and artificial intelligence, could have on reducing the costs behind the operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms.
Toyota Research Institute Founded — November 2015 In November, Toyota announced a bold new strategy for the company when it shared plans to invest a mammoth $1 billion into the newly founded Toyota Research Institute (TRI). The institute was commissioned to address 3 specific areas related to not just automotive applications (as … [continued]
One of the things that Google continues to brag about is how many miles its cars have been driven around under its software’s control. The company also announced that, since 2009, its fleet of 55 autonomous cars have driven a total of over 1.4 million miles on actual roads around the Bay … [continued]