The world looks very different at night. Get behind the wheel of a car, and you’ll quickly notice the limitations of human eyesight: In low or no light, we struggle to identify objects. We become reliant on street lights (if there are any). We are blinded by headlights and have a tendency to “overrun” them,…
On the surface, you might not expect to find much in common between the five-time Stanley Cup-winning Pittsburgh Penguins professional hockey team and Argo AI, a leading self-driving technology company — other than the fact that they both call Pittsburgh home. But look closer and you’ll find that both organizations rely heavily on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and…
Everyone’s gotten that call. Or will, someday. That call from an unknown number, but your phone doesn’t label it Unknown, or even Scam Likely, which I always want to answer out of curiosity, but don’t for lack of time. But I always have time for a truly unknown number, especially from Germany, because that’s where my mom is…
What links winter sports athletes in China, pizza fans in France, burger lovers in California, and coffee drinkers in Singapore? Answer: They’ve all enjoyed food that has been prepared by and maybe even served by kitchen robots. It sounds fun, but restaurant automation is no gimmick. Restaurants offer not just convenience, but also a highly…
Driving in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, can sometimes feel like trying to thread a needle. The “Steel City” is filled with numerous narrow streets, often on steep hills, that offer limited space for vehicles creating many instances in which drivers must negotiate with one another. They may signal one another with their cars’ headlights, hand gestures, and…
Amsterdam, and The Netherlands more broadly, are world-renowned for the many urban canals and the boats that navigate them. But a boat traveling safely down a Dutch canal without a captain is not a common sight. At least not until the lidar-powered Roboat came along. Formed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Amsterdam…
