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Showing posts with label Tesla. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tesla. Show all posts

Monday, August 31, 2020

New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission

Title:
New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission

Author:
Jason Dorrier

Published:
SingularityHub, 30 August 2020
https://singularityhub.com/2020/08/30/new-zealand-is-about-to-test-long-range-wireless-power-transmission/

From the article:
Now, if New Zealand startup Emrod has its way, Tesla and Marconi’s dreams may merge. The company is building a system to wirelessly beam power over long distances. Earlier this month, Emrod received funding from Powerco, New Zealand’s second biggest utility, to conduct a test of its system at a grid-connected commercial power station.

Sunday, February 23, 2020

McAfee Advanced Threat Research - How a road sign trick sent a self-driving car into high-speed mode (by Nancy Cohen / TechXplore)

Title:
How a road sign trick sent a self-driving car into high-speed mode

Author:
Nancy Cohen

Published:
TechXplore, 21 February 2020

From the article:
"Can a little strip of tape on a 35-mile-per-hour speed limit sign cause a self-driving car to accelerate? Yes—and press attention, too. Researchers from security company McAfee wanted to see if they could dupe a Tesla car into thinking the speed limit was different than posted, and they succeeded."

To read this article:
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-02-road-self-driving-car-high-speed-mode.html