Autonomous agriculture is here.
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Amazon made an Echo Dot for kids, and it costs $30 more than the original
Those with an Amazon Echo device in their homes have likely already exposed their children to Alexa. Now, Amazon wants to give kids the opportunity to turn Alexa into their friend with the new Echo Dot Kids Edition. The hockey puck-like smart speaker doesn’t look too different from the original Dot, but it comes with new “Amazon FreeTime” content that gives kids new ways to interact with Alexa and parents more control over those interactions.
New parental controls and FreeTime Unlimited subscription coming soon, too.
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Will solar roadways actually work?
Solar roadway
Scott and Julie Brusaw have faced a constant barrage of skepticism and even outright hostility since they went public with their idea for building solar-powered LED roadways.
U.S. Department of Transportation wants our cars to ‘talk’ to each other
Vehicle-to-vehicle communications would report where every car, bus, and truck is, where it’s going, and how fast it’s moving.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced plans to move forward with vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication systems. After years of experimentation and a real-world trial in Ann Arbor, MI the government is almost ready to make peer-to-peer networking a required safety feature on all new cars.
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Top 10 most complained about airlines in the U.S.
JetBlue had 1.07 complaints per 100,000 passengers
When your luggage is lost and you encounter rude flight attendants you may want to scream. Here are the top 10 U.S. airlines people complained about the most.
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The DOT: Future Concept Car That Networks With Other Vehicles
Concept DOT
Certain design elements of the Concept DOT remind us of the stackable cars concept, and well, it does appear to have functions similar to MIT’s concept as well. The zero emission vehicle moves on three wheels and uses electromagnetic motors to propel itself. While on the road, it is capable of networking with other vehicles, and even allows attaching of similar vehicles. Again, something similar to MITs stackable concept. (Pics)
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Quantum Dot Solar Cells to Capture Broader Spectrum of Sunlight
For the first time, researchers have created solar cells made of different-sized quantum dots, each tuned to a specific wavelength of light. By arranging these quantum dots in an ordered pattern, the scientists hope that they can one day fabricate “rainbow” solar cells, which can efficiently harvest a large part of the useful spectrum of sunlight.
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