Guess Who Are Delivering Hot Burritos To Virginia Tech? That's Right, Drones
Virginia Tech has embraced the hype of utilizing drones as these winged-objects are currently being to deliver burritos across the campus.
Virginia Tech has embraced the hype of utilizing drones as these winged-objects are currently being to deliver burritos across the campus.
NASA is now scanning the Great Barrier Reef to monitor its health. The agency is using precision technology to build a complete image of the reef's structure and ecosystem.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled latest version of its Autopilot software. The new version of Autopilot comes with various features such as enhanced utilization of the vehicle radar system in Model S and Model X. Musk claims that the update might have averted a fatal crash that occurred this year.
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Apple has allegedly laid off dozens of employees working on its self-driving car initiative. The layoffs signal a change in Apple's plans for the project codenamed Project Titan. The technology giant has never acknowledged the existence of the project, despite filing a large number of patents for technologies related to autonomous cars.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech have developed the Terahertz imaging system, which enables users to read books without opening them. The prototype of the system was able to correctly identify the letters on a stack consisting of several sheets with one letter printed on it.
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