For those trying to navigate a changing auto industry, there are few sure things. Automation will play some kind of role, but no one knows how to gauge the nature and size of the technology’s impact. Same goes for sharing: People—especially those rascally youths—seem to […]
Day: March 29, 2018
Festo’s latest bio-inspired creations are a robo-bat and rolling robo-spider
Festo’s flashy biomimetic robots are more or less glorified tech demos, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t cool. The engineering is still something to behold, although these robot critters likely won’t be doing any serious work. Its latest units move in imitation of two unusual […]
Pensione, i punti in comune tra Lega e M5S
Quando inizieranno le trattative per il nuovo governo, dunque, leghisti e grillini non avranno molte difficoltà a trovare un'intesa sulle pensioni, mentre restano ancora tante le divergenze che li separano in tema di fisco e welfare. Ma come potrebbe cambiare il sistema pensionistico se nascesse […]
BMW and Daimler will combine their transportation services
The two are hoping regulators will clear the services merger sometime in 2018. They’re clearly aware of the potential qualms over anti-competitive behavior, as they stress that they’ll remain competitors in car manufacturing. The aim, as you might suspect, is to gain a controlling stake […]
Going With the Group
In Italy, the groups can take advantage of guaranteed departures on the Splendors of Sicily journey. The eight-day itinerary takes guests to Palermo, Taormina, Syracuse, the ancient Greek city of Agrigento and more. Other itineraries ideal for groups include the Best of Italy 10-day trip, […]
Can the new iPad actually teach a dumb man new things?
I’m running down the corridor of a locker-lined school. As I burst up to the class I’m supposed to be in, I’m told it’s full, but there’s another down the hall I can go to. This is like a nightmare. It’s not my fault, I […]
The Next Cold War Is Here, and It’s All About Data
The headlines about the trade wars being touched off by President Trump’s new tariffs may telegraph plenty of bombast and shots fired, but the most consequential war being waged today is a quieter sort of conflict: It’s the new Cold War over data protection. While […]
San Francisco will regulate electric scooter sharing
Electric push scooters have recently hit the streets of San Francisco. Over the last couple of weeks, LimeBike deployed some scooters in conjunction with local festivities in the city. And just yesterday, Bird launched its scooters in San Francisco. Spin has also deployed some scooters […]
Donald Trump Wants to Get Revenge on Jeff Bezos by Messing With Amazon’s Taxes
This is not an especially shocking development if you've kept up with Trump's occasional rants about Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos. Trump hates the newspaper's critical White House coverage and has accused Bezos of using the publication as a political sword to […]
Genova, altra giornata di traffico in tilt. Tir in attesa ai varchi portuali
La presenza di molti autoarticolati che non sono riusciti a entrare nei varchi rende difficile, già dalle prime ore del mattino, il traffico nelle strade del ponente, soprattutto Lungomare Canepa. Oggi i terminal funzionano regolarmente, ma c'è da … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews