A mysterious unnamed contributor writes:U of Iowa has started testing an autonomous vehicle under rural conditions--long routes, roads with no lane markings, snow/ice, and eventually gravel roads as well (in a later phase). This link includes a summary of their work during the first year of the project, https://autonomoustuff.com/velocity-magazine/velocity-2022/on-the-rural-road-to-autonomy The study was, "initiated by the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) transportation safety research center and funded by a $7 million USD grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)..."In true big-Federal-budget style, they have commissioned and built a test vehicle into a Ford Transit 350HD with every known (to me) autonomous sensor and buzz-word technology:
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://kauainownews.com/2022/10/18/kauaʻi-mayor-signs-proactive-law-that-regulates-development-in-areas-prone-to-sea-level-rise/
takyon writes:SpaceX's Rideshare program will now allow customers to launch a 50 kilogram payload for $275,000, down from a previous minimum of 200 kilograms for $1.1 million.SpaceX slashes base price of smallsat rideshare program, adds "Plates"
fliptop writes:A Greek financial journalist is one of several who believe they have been targeted for surveillance by the nation's government with the help of Intellexa:
An Anonymous Coward writes:Aridity appears to configure landscapes with a greater diversity of plant species that rely on symbiotic bacteria for nitrogen:
canopic jug writes:The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has announced, with plenty of hints long in advance, that the ISC DHCP Server has reached EOL. The ISC's DHCP software has been available since the late 1990s and is widely used to automate the assignment of IPv4 addresses to a dynamic pool of clients. The article covers the ISC DHCP suite's history and evolution, along with brief biographies of its four main authors over its lifecycle. The main reasons for reaching EOL are that the codebase is very mature at this point and, significantly, the code base has not been designed for testability.
DannyB writes:Researchers make cyborg cockroaches that carry their own power packsSolar cell and a battery can keep the cyborg's electronics running for weeks.