After first being commissioned by the German state of Hesse in August 2017 to build a stretch of electrified highway along the Autobahn, Siemens has now added the finishing touches to the system and fired it up for the first time. Intended as a greener solution for road freight transport, the eHighway follows similar installations in other countries and is […]

Three years ago, we heard how scientists from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology had created transparent wood – it could serve as a cheaper alternative to the silica-based glass currently used in windows and solar cells. Now, the material is additionally able to store heat and later release it. In order to produce the initial version of the transparent […]

A colony of bees in Austria and a school of fish in Switzerland have become unlikely allies. In experiments run by several European universities, the two very different animal species were able to communicate and coordinate their movements long-distance with the help of some robotic interpreters. The quirky project was born out of EPFL’s Mobile Robotics Group (MOBOTS), which has […]

In most cases, you’ll run into the need for a down payment when you’re trying to get a loan for land, a home, car, boat or an airplane. Basically, any large purchase for which you will need financing to complete will typically require you pay a portion of up front to reduce the amount of the loan you’ll need to […]

So you’re entering the real estate business, huh? Nice! Real estate is lucrative, and, let’s be honest, it feels good to be able to wield full control over an entire building. But there’s also a sentimental quality to being a landlord. You’re able to positively affect the lives of the people you’re renting to by providing them with a place […]

There are plenty of concerns about robots stealing jobs from decent, hard-working, flesh-and-blood humans. However, to paraphrase an often-misquoted Mark Twain line, reports of our impending redundancy may have been greatly exaggerated. At least, that is our takeaway from a Wall Street Journal report claiming that Japan’s oddball Henn na “Strange” Hotel has fired half of its 243 robot staff. […]

The season of summer is around the corner and many of us have already started planning our vacations. Because it’s such a popular time to travel, summer vacations don’t come cheap, especially if it’s spent abroad. However, there are many ways to save on your vacation if you find the right approach to planning. Read on to know how you […]

If a robot, acting autonomously, injures or otherwise wrongs a human, who will be held responsible? Some European lawmakers think that the best way to resolve this question will be to give robots “electronic personalities,” a form of legal personhood. Proposed in a 2017 report from the European Union, this form of robot rights wouldn’t give them status like that […]