Australian drivers ready to embrace phone restriction apps — if they can still talk
QUT road safety study investigates apps as practical way to stop deadly driving habit of texting & browsing Almost 70 ...
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Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35%
A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least ...
A step for a promising new battery to store clean energy
Researchers find way to build potassium-oxygen batteries that last longer COLUMBUS, Ohio--Researchers have built a more efficient, more reliable potassium-oxygen ...
Signals to noise in acoustic vehicles alerting systems
Experts will discuss the health and safety concerns of making quiet cars louder at the 177th Acoustical Society of America ...
NASA funds aviation research on a new fuel concept
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Aerospace Engineering Researchers at the University of Illinois are leading a newly ...
Texting while driving common among millennial, older parents
Bottom Line: A distracted driving survey of millennial parents (ages 22 to 37) and older parents (37 and up) shows ...
Naval Research Laboratory builds autopilot software allowing UAVs to soar on thermals
Businesses can acquire Navy technology through patent license agreementsCredit: Naval Research Laboratory A Navy scientist has re-engineered the software that ...
A metal sheet stamping simulation promises improved car part production
Kanazawa University-led researchers simulate the industrial process of stamping features into metal sheets without causing the sheets to tear, twist, ...
Road test shows some adaptive cruise control systems can amplify phantom jams
Vanderbilt research wants to take driver-assist technology past comfort and into traffic reliefCredit: Vanderbilt University A new, open-road test of ...
Clean fuel cells could be cheap enough to replace gas engines in vehicles
Credit: UWaterloo Advancements in zero-emission fuel cells could make the technology cheap enough to replace traditional gasoline engines in vehicles, ...
Army pushes for higher speeds in future tiltrotor aircraft
Credit: David McNally HAMPTON, Va. -- The U.S. Army is developing a new wind-tunnel testbed that will help future tiltrotor ...
Grant to provide computational modeling support for hypersonic vehicles
Purdue-affiliated HySonic Technologies LLC receives $140,000 grantCredit: (Purdue Research Foundation image/Hope Sale) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - HySonic Technologies LLC, which ...
SwRI develops system to legally test GPS spoofing vulnerabilities in automated vehicles
Malicious GPS spoofing, manipulation could alter the course of a ground vehicle SAN ANTONIO - April 30, 2019 - Southwest ...
SwRI to design remotely operated rescue submarines for Royal Australian Navy
Vessels will be designed for rapid rescue of sailors aboard disabled submarinesCredit: Phoenix International Holdings SAN ANTONIO -- April 30, ...
Researchers to help develop next-generation hybrid and electric vehicles
With $1.5 million award, University of Arkansas researchers will help advance the Energy Department's goal of increasing demand for electric ...
Graphene sponge helps lithium sulphur batteries reach new potential
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology To meet the demands of an electric future, new battery technologies will be essential. ...
Filling in the gaps of connected car data helps transportation planners
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech If you have a new or late model car, most likely it's connected: GPS navigation, that ...
Controlling instabilities gives closer look at chemistry from hypersonic vehicles
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering While studying the chemical reactions that occur in the flow of gases ...
New way to ‘see’ objects accelerates the future of self-driving cars
ITHACA, N.Y. - Researchers have discovered a simple, cost-effective, and accurate new method for equipping self-driving cars with the tools ...
World’s top engineering students design and build Earth-friendly cars for competition
Hundreds of students enter their hybrid and electric vehicles for 4-day event April 23, 2019 (Loudon, New Hampshire) - Hundreds ...
