Shenzhen fights smog with electrification of its fleet of 14,000 busses
If action expresses priority, then the city of Shenzhen has clearly shown where its priorities lie. By the end of 2017, the city of nearly 12 million residents will have entirely electrified its bus fleet of more than 14,000 vehicles. What’s more, switching to electric buses will cut a Read More...
Solve pollution and congestion? Turn parking lots into affordable communities
As high prices and growing populations have constrained housing supplies in the city centers, people have been pushed further and further out into the suburbs, where they begin to lean more heavily on cars. But traffic congestion, exacerbated by the proliferation of ride-sharing services like Uber, Read More...
Solving Darwin’s puzzle of kindness: Does it make sense to be nice?
The benefits gained from receiving kindness are intuitively obvious. But the motivations for engaging in kindness are much less so. In fact, the very existence of kindness and altruism seems to contradict Darwin’s theory of evolution, based as it is on a competitive process of natural selection Read More...
To promote happiness, choose time over money
If you feel like there are too many things to do today and not enough time to do them, you are not alone. Most Americans feel pressed for Read More...
How humans will progress with AI, according to futurist Ray Kurzweil
When it comes to predicting the future, Ray Kurzweil has a knack for it. He has a thirty-year track record of accurate prediction regarding humans and our relationship with technology. See here why the futurist believes Artificial Intelligence will enhance people for the Read More...
First pictures of Airbus autonomous air taxi, tests are taking place in Oregon
Airbus is developing a self-driving plane that takes off and lands like a helicopter. The electric plane has no controls on the inside of the cabin and an onboard computer serves as the pilot. The aircraft’s wings also tilt forward for flight like an airplane, allowing it travel twice as far as a Read More...
A network of ultra-fast EV charging stations is being built through Europe
A team of E-mobility companies is teaming up to build a new charging station network that will start in Norway and end in Italy. Over the next three years, 180 “ultra-fast” charging stations will be built along the main highway that runs from the north of Europe down to the south. Projects like Read More...
To solve problems caused by sitting, learn to squat
As we have developed economically and technologically, we have abandoned a posture that has major implications for our health: The squat. In the West, we spend most of our time sitting desks and dining chairs, train seats, and comfy couches. We never need to squat on a daily basis, something that Read More...
Floating cities, no longer science fiction, begin to take shape
Earlier this year, the government of French Polynesia agreed to let the Seasteading Institute begin testing in its waters. Construction could begin soon, and the first floating buildings — the nucleus of a city — might be inhabitable in just a few Read More...
Mercedes is quietly becoming Tesla’s biggest rival
Daimler is investing $11 billion to electrify its fleet of vehicles by 2020. Tesla's stock has rivaled General Motors and Ford as people continue to clamor for the high-tech, electric Read More...