A Chainsaw-Wielding Tree-Climbing Bot Is Actually a Safer Way To Prune

Giving a robot a chainsaw sounds like just about the most unsafest thing mankind could ever do. But ironically in this case it’s actually making things safer for humans since this robot is designed to autonomously climb and prune very tall trees.

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GM expands car recall to 1.37m over switch safety

GM has expanded its huge recall of cars over fears that they could stall while driving or even see the airbags fail to deploy properly, almost doubling the number of … Continue reading

Google lobbying against Glass driving bans

Google is fighting back against threats that Glass could be banned from use by drivers, lobbying US state officials in the hope of more nuanced guidelines than an all-out block … Continue reading

Why Don’t Commercial Airplanes Have Parachutes for Passengers?

Why Don’t Commercial Airplanes Have Parachutes for Passengers?

Seatbelts and airbags in cars save passengers lives. Parachutes save people who, for a variety of reasons, exit a plane in mid-flight. So why aren’t parachutes provided to passengers on commercial airline flights, in case of emergencies?

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Chevron: Sorry Our Gas Well Exploded, Here's a Free Pizza

Chevron: Sorry Our Gas Well Exploded, Here's a Free Pizza

If you live in the small, rural town of Bobtown, Pennyslvania, you woke up to quite a scare last week courtesy of a pretty horrible explosion over at Chevron’s nearby fracking site. So how’s Chevron going to quell fears about that giant column of flames and possible residual toxins? Who cares! Your next large pizza and two-liter soda are on the house.

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Buick adds AWD to 2014 Regal

Buick has added AWD to the Regal and Regal GS, with the luxury sedan automatically switching to all-wheel drive both in the snow and ice, or when pushing hard. The … Continue reading

GM recalls almost 779k cars over fault linked to six deaths

General Motors is recalling almost 779,000 cars over a fault linked to six deaths and more than twenty crashes, with the airbags of certain compacts failing to deploy. The issue, … Continue reading

A Rear-Facing Bike Camera Reminds Drivers They're Being Recorded

A Rear-Facing Bike Camera Reminds Drivers They're Being Recorded

Despite what the classic video game Paperboy taught us, the biggest threat to cyclists isn’t dogs, RC cars, or random rolling tires, but the drivers they share the road with. So in addition to ensuring they’re definitely seen, the Fly6 bike light includes a constantly recording video camera designed to keep drivers behind a cyclist on their best behavior.

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Aston Martin begins massive recall after finding pedals could snap

Aston Martin has been forced to recall around 75-percent of all the cars it sold since late 2007, after discovering that parts of its accelerator pedals were made with substandard … Continue reading

US to mandate V2V car-to-car communications for safer roads

US road safety legislators have outlined a plan to demand all new cars and trucks be able to intercommunicate wirelessly, with the aim of reducing car accidents through a dynamically-evolving … Continue reading