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WASHINGTON DC - On the heels of its successful Agility Prime rapid prototyping initiative, the Air Force is getting ready to launch Autonomy Prime – its intensive effort to advance autonomous technologies through partnerships with industry. In September, Air Force innovation arm AFWERX published a request for information to begin its autonomy-focused drive. The request
DETROIT - The world has almost used all its remaining carbon budget. In less than a decade, it will be over — unless we do much more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by then, the world is heading causing the world to pass a critical warming threshold, a new study shows. If this threshold is
BOLIVIA - Multiple witnesses in Bolivia claim to have seen a UFO descend from the sky and submerge into Lake Titicaca before bursting out of the water and departing the scene. According to a local media report, the very weird case occurred earlier this month in an unnamed community near the site which serves as
SHARM-EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fueled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat. Extreme heatwaves, drought and devastating flooding have affected millions and cost billions this year, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022 report.
DETROIT - After decades of attempts to power cars with energy from the sun, the solar automotive age might finally be upon us. Germany’s Sono Motors, which went public on the Nasdaq last year, may have cracked the code with a $25,000 electric SUV called the Sion that's covered pretty much bumper to bumper in
CERRITOS, Calif. — Hunched back, clawed-hands, and second eyelids could be common features of human anatomy in the future, a recent computer model reveals. The shocking, hopefully tongue-in-cheek report warns that overusing technology could somehow steer human evolution in a direction that leaves people looking deformed compared to what we consider normal today. There’s no question
NOVI - Plymouth-Canton Community School teams won first and second place in the 2022 Governor's High School Cyber Challenge, a cybersecurity competition hosted by the State of Michigan. Team Crickets won first and team Super Novas won second place. Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center team K10MM-JS-DS placed third. The ten qualifying teams, composed of up
GRAND RAPIDS — The West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT) recently received a $150,000 grant from Google to support the nonprofit’s new Adult Career Training Program. WMCAT’s new Cybersecurity + GRC program is designed to prepare under-employed and unemployed adults in Kent County for careers in cybersecurity, governance, risk and compliance, as MiBiz previously reported. The seven
PERRYSBURG, Ohio - First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the United States, today announced that it will invest around $270 million in a dedicated thin film PV R&D innovation center. The new facility, which will be in Perrysburg, Ohio, is expected to be the first of its scale in the United States. First
NEW YORK - Glaciers and ice caps around the northern and southernmost parts of Earth have been melting for years, revealing incredible and interesting remnants of the past. Not only that, but many ancient creatures that were frozen in time have now thawed, sparking the curiosity of many scientists and researchers. Previously extinct animals have been discovered,
