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Hyperlane: A special lane for self-driving vehicles
A US company is proposing special lanes on roads purely for self-driving vehicles. The Hyperlanes would be controlled by a central computer allowing self-driving cars to travel along at speeds over 100mph (160kph). BBC Click spoke to Baiyu Chen, a co-founder of Hyperlane to find out more about how Read More...
Avis shares jump on Alphabet self-driving car partnership
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google-owner Alphabet, has reached an agreement with Avis Budget Group under which the rental car company will manage Waymo's fleet of autonomous vehicles. Avis will provide storage and maintenance services for the Waymo fleet of self-driving vehicles in Phoenix, Read More...
Supply chain transparency: The consumer connection for forest responsibility
Humans have always had an intimate, complicated relationship with forests. We clear away trees to make room for development and agriculture, harvest them for paper, pulp, and palm oil and seek refuge in their remaining intact solitude. Human wellbeing depends on trees. Forests suffer when opaque Read More...
Most Australians want renewables to be primary energy source, survey finds
The vast majority of Australians want to see the country dramatically increase the use of renewable energy, a new survey has found, despite attempts by the federal government to characterise renewables as unreliable and expensive. The Climate Institute’s national Climate of the Nation survey, Read More...
Anti-poaching drive brings Siberia’s tigers back from brink of extinction
With only 20 to 30 Amur tigers remaining in the 1930s, the graceful Siberian animal was on the brink of extinction. Today, thanks to the work of conservationists, there may be more than 500 Amurs living in the wild Siberian terrain. The reversal is encouraging, but the World Wildlife Fund is not Read More...
Why being forgetful from time to time can be a good thing
The next time you forget something, don’t curse yourself. In a new report, researchers of the university of Toronto found that the goal of memory is not to transmit the most accurate information over time, but rather, to optimize intelligent decision-making by holding onto what’s important and Read More...
Sonic’s new burger blends beef with mushrooms so you eat less meat
Recently, we wrote about The Reducetarian Solution, the idea that curbing the population’s carnivorous tendencies will reduce climate change more effectively than trying to make everyone a vegetarian. One way to do this could be by offering burger-lovers a “blended burger,” a patty made Read More...
Vehicle to vehicle communication makes self-driving cars safer
Self-driving cars use GPS, satellite communication, for their navigation. But, as anyone with a satellite radio system in his car knows, there are sometimes brief moments of interruption in the communication. That can be very dangerous for self-driving cars. That's why researchers are testing an Read More...
8 ways to ask questions and improve your relationships
Being able to ask questions is a key aspect of relationships. Whether you’d like to know whether someone is being truthful, or perhaps whether the other person is someone you’d like to get to know better, being able to produce and deliver good questions can significantly improve your Read More...
France new government to ban all new oil and gas exploration
France is to stop granting licences for oil and gas exploration as part of a transition towards environmentally-friendly energy being driven by Emmanuel Macron’s government. Nicolas Hulot, the “ecological transition” minister said a law would be passed in the autumn. “There Read More...