by Warp Institute | Jan 25, 2022 | π‘ Innovation, π Transportation, π° Space
Whether in real life or Kerbal Space Program, the holy grail of spacecraft is the single stage to orbit vehicle, or SSTO for short. Such a vehicle would, for obvious reasons, be the pinnacle of reusability.SSTOs were widely pursued in the 1990s, for example, by NASA...
by Warp Institute | Dec 24, 2021 | π Transportation
With the Internet, human beings have begun to communicate digitally. Then with M2M-protocols (machine-to-machine) and IoT-technology (Internet of Things), even industrial machines have become networked.Another step in the digital revolution lies in the...
by Warp Institute | Dec 23, 2021 | β»οΈ Green Tech, π Transportation
On December 14, the world's largest automobile manufacturer, Toyota, announced that they've committed $70 billion towards electrification. Half of this sizeable sum is aimed to launch 30 new electric models by 2030. Their luxury brand, Lexus, desire to have...
by Warp Institute | Dec 23, 2021 | π Transportation
Sales of electric cars are expected to increase dramatically soon. However, several critical issues remain, mostly related to the grid recharging need.The network is not yet ready to receive a massive increase in electricity demand, just as the recharging...
by Warp Institute | Dec 22, 2021 | π Transportation, π§ Artificial Intelligence
Self-driving cars are a hot field of research nowadays, but some issues remain unsolved. Current AI may for example have problems with scenarios where a cyclist is temporarily obscured for a few seconds by a car. The AI can then forget that the cyclist...