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The second action of active 4WS is same-phase steering angle input to the rear wheels. ... The second action of active 4WS is same-phase steering angle input to the rear wheels. Turn the wheel right, and the rear wheels also turn slightly to the. That rear angle is even shallower than the opposite-phase angles in the above scenario. This enhances higher-speed stability, like when a driver changes lanes or corners rapidly through fun twisties or on a racetrack. Rear steering angles differ anywhere from 2.5 degrees to 10 degrees, depending upon car style and purpose.Four-wheel steering, in difficult partsIn real nuts, bolts, and prestige, Honda initially brought 4WS to modern production in the 1988 Prelude Si as an alternative. Nissan followed suit with its HICAS system, and Mazda had a system with very limited production, however Honda made the biggest splash.The Honda system was entirely mechanical. It used a shaft connecting the front steering rack to a planetary equipment. That equipment produced the stage (direction) and degree of rear steering indexed to steering wheel input. This shaft led to a moving rod that acted like the rack of a rack and pinion steering gear, carrying that input to the rear wheels.At small guiding angles, the rear wheels turned an optimum of 1.5 degrees in phase (in the same direction) as the fronts. At bigger wheel angles above roughly 270 degrees from center, the rear wheels steered as much as 5.3 degrees out-of-phase with the fronts, tightening up the turning circle about 10 percent. The operating mechanism of the Honda's rear steering box, connecting 2 various cranks (one is concealed), that results in various phases using a planetary equipment. Honda The running mechanism of the Honda's rear steering box, linking two various cranks (one is hidden), that results in different phases using a planetary equipment. Honda An early Honda test mule, mating 2 Accords together. Honda An early Honda test mule, mating 2 Accords together. Honda The running mechanism of the Honda's rear steering box, connecting 2 various cranks (one is hidden), that leads to various stages utilizing a planetary equipment. Honda An early Honda test mule, mating two Accords together. Honda The results in those 1980s and 90s Preludes were excellent. Some car critics, like that most cerebral of British scribes, L.J.K. Setright of Car Magazine, cited that the third and fourth-generation Honda Preludes with 4WS exhibited the finest steering in the history of history. Weight, feel, accuracy, and telepathic details all sent the vehicle critic into vehicle euphoria.Four-wheel steering, digitally renderedAs Honda engineers labored away on their system outside Tokyo, about 37 km away, Nissan dealt with its HICAS (High Capacity Actively Controlled Steering) versions. Only active above approximately 90 km/h (55 mph) and below 200 km/h (125 miles per hour), it utilized a computer-controlled hydraulic actuator to move the rear lower lateral links. A computer system signaled a rear steering rack, allowing toe changes of plus or minus one degree, depending on speed and front steering angle.
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A group of investors are considering a plan to inject another $30 million into BluSmart in a bid to revive the Indian cab-hailing startup, which abruptly halted operations last month, A Technology NewsRoom has learned. The proposal from these existing investors has a catch: It’s contingent on BluSmart co-founder Anmol Singh Jaggi agreeing to r...

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They say that with age comes wisdom, so it should come as no surprise that on the eve of Alfa Romeo’s 115th anniversary, the company that originally made its name competing in endurance races like the Targa Florio and Mille Miglia with flame-spitting sportscars is currently looking to increase its market share with a sensible, high-riding crossover.

introduced last year helped the Italian automaker find a foothold at a time when many of the auto conglomerate’s brands have been struggling. Now, a non-hybrid version of Alfa’s answer to models like the BMW X1 and Audi Q3 has joined the fray, sporting turbocharged power, standard all-wheel drive, and the same sharp styling at a significantly lower base price....

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Open source project curl is sick of users submitting &AI slop& vulnerabilities

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Enterprise workflow management platform ServiceNow on Wednesday announced its second AI-related acquisition this year.

ServiceNow said that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Data.World, a cloud-native data catalog and data governance platform. Austin, Texas-based Data.World was founded in 2015 and previously raised more than $130...

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Nvidia GeForce xx60 series is PC gaming&s default GPU, and a new one is out May 19Nvidia GeForce xx60 series is PC gaming’s default GPU, and a new one is out May 19

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Trump tariffs could make Americans pay $123B more annually for 10 common gadgetsTrump tariffs could make Americans pay $123B more annually for 10 common gadgets

"If the US says one thing but does another, or even attempts to use negotiations as a pretext to continue coercive and blackmailing tactics, China will never agree, nor will it sacrifice its principles or international fairness and justice to seek any agreement," the Ministry said. ....

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In February of 2024, equity management startup Carta revealed that it was getting into the startup winddown business with a new offering called Carta Conclusions.

By December, the company had decided to “retire” that offering, according to a blog post.

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. ... You might even argue that Nintendo is most likely to offer longer-term support for Game Key Card downloads because backward compatibility appears to be a priority for the Switch hardware line. If we presume that future Switch systems will stay backward compatible, we can probably likewise presume that Nintendo will desire gamers on brand-new hardware to still have access to their old Game Key Card purchases (or to be able to use Game Key Cards purchased on the pre-owned market). A stack of physical video games that will never require a download server to work. Credit: Aurich Lawson A pile of physical video games that will never require a download server to work. Credit: Aurich Lawson There are no guarantees in life, naturally, and nothing lasts permanently. Nintendo will one day fail, at which point it seems unlikely that a Game Key Card will be able to download much of anything. Short of that, Nintendo could suffer a financial ailment that makes download servers for legacy systems look like an indulgence, or it could come under brand-new management that doesn't see worth in supporting decades-old purchases made for ancient consoles.As of this writing, however, Nintendo has kept its Wii video game download servers active for 6,743 days and counting. If the Switch 2 Game Key Card servers last as long, that suggests those cards will still be totally functional through a minimum of October 2043. I don't understand what I will be doing with my life in 2043, however it's soothing and extremely possible to think of that the eighty dollar leasing I made from a Switch 2 Game Key Card back in 2025 will still work as intended.Or, to put it another way, I think it's highly likely that I will become e-waste long before any Switch 2 Game Key Cards.
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Games drove the development of GPU processors back in the 1990s, so it's only fitting that artificial intelligence-- the technology that GPUs are utilized to power nowadays-- is making its way into almost every aspect of computer game design. In keeping with that trend, on Wednesday a startup called Sett-- which is building AI agents to develop and run mobile ...
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Trump administration cuts off all future federal funding to HarvardTrump administration cuts off all future federal funding to Harvard

between the Trump administration and Harvard University has taken a new twist, with the government sending Harvard a letter that, amid what appears to be a stream-of-consciousness culture war rant, announces that the university will not be receiving any further research grants. ....

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Ford raises prices on Mexican-made cars—but not the full tariff costFord raises prices on Mexican-made cars—but not the full tariff cost

Ford also told Ars that it will continue to offer employee pricing to all its customers until at least July 4, even on vehicles made after May 2. ....

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Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp usersJury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users

A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users. ....

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Dangerous clear-air turbulence is worsening due to global warmingDangerous clear-air turbulence is worsening due to global warming

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The company with the world&s largest aircraft now has a hypersonic rocket planeThe company with the world’s largest aircraft now has a hypersonic rocket plane

"Demonstrating the reuse of fully recoverable hypersonic test vehicles is an important milestone for MACH-TB," said George Rumford, director of the Test Resource Management Center, in a statement. ....

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Musk&s politics see Tesla sales collapse in EuropeMusk’s politics see Tesla sales collapse in Europe

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Amazon is opening new automation opportunities by releasing its very first robotics that leverage force and touch sensing to enhance product dealing with tasks.One of the timeless applications for robots at Amazon warehouses is focused around the && goods to person & (G2P)option with the Kiva robotics. The Kiva mobile robots present movable ... Amazon is opening new automation opportunities by deploying its first robots that leverage force and touch noticing to enhance product managing tasks.One of the traditional applications for robots at Amazon warehouses is focused around the: items to person: (G2P) solution with the Kiva robotics. The Kiva mobile robots present movable shelves, stocked with stock, to a fixed human picker. The human associate picks a specific item for a particular customer order and singulates it for shipment.Over time, the racks are depleted of stock and need to be replenished. The replenishment job is currently done manually. To automate the replenishment task, Amazon developed a new robotic called Vulcan, created to choose items from bulk and place them onto the movable shelves.What makes Vulcan distinct is that it is geared up with force feedback sensing units and AI, giving it a sense of touch. This: sense of touch: enables Vulcan to manipulate items with greater accuracy and dexterity. According to Amazon, Vulcan can choose and stow roughly 75% of the items in Amazon storage facilities, moving them at speeds similar to human workers.The robot: s abilities are expected to improve operational efficiency, workplace security, and minimize physically requiring tasks for human employees. Vulcan: s end-of-arm tooling and sensors allow it to manage a wide variety of items, from small devices to larger items, by applying the appropriate amount of force.Vulcan uses an arm, camera and suction cup gripper to pick products from storage pods.|Credit: Amazon RoboticsAaron Parness, Director of Applied Science at Amazon Robotics, signed up with Steve Crowe, Executive Editor of The Robot Report, to go over the innovation behind Vulcan during a keynote during recently: s Robotics Summit and Expo in Boston. Parness discussed the value of touch and force noticing to the future of robotics at Amazon.Parness: team has said: force is the language of manipulation.:: [Force sensing] is vital to how we connect with the world. It: s one of the huge restrictions in our field right now,: Parness said throughout his Robotics Summit keynote.: If you take a look at movement, robots are doing back flips, however control is still a very unsolved challenge. We get puzzled in some cases between digital intelligence and physical intelligence. We are rightly amazed when robotics beat grand masters at chess. They are incredible at playing chess, but robots still kind of suck at moving the pieces on the board. Which: s the physical intelligence. That: s where [individuals in this room have] great deals of chance to make advances.: Aaron Parness (left) discussed how force noticing improves robotic adjustment at Robotics Summit & Expo 2025. Credit: Jeff PinetteParness thinks stated there are a variety of brand-new applications that will be enabled by touch. This consists of densely putting items into a cushioned mailer, dealing with groceries, and putting bundles into delivery bags. These are things where you have a lot of physical contact, where you require the next wave of robotics.: [A sense of touch] enables us to go quicker so we don: t need to be as mindful, because we can move rapidly and after that react when we make contact, instead of seeing and enjoying and viewing,: Parness stated at Robotics Summit.: And it: s a faster response rate. It also allows us to fill the bins to a greater level of development cube due to the fact that we can compress items. You can squeeze the pillow or the t-shirt over to the side. You can: t know that ahead of time constantly. So you need to have that force feedback to know if what you: re pushing on is rigid or compliant.: It also assists us prevent damaging products and dropping items. It helps us with product eligibility. You put on: t grip a physics textbook that: s extremely heavy with the exact same quantity of force as you do a thin cardboard box that: s got some medicine in it. It: s part of whatever we do. I had an old mentor at NASA JPL, Brett Kennedy, who utilized to state commercial robotics 1.0 were dumb and numb. They didn: t feel anything, and they didn: t have a brain.: That: s OK for a lot of tasks, right? If you are welding a robotic, you can do that dull, harmful, dirty, repeated job without requiring to feel the world. We want them to communicate in extremely chaotic environments. You ought to see my kids play location. If we want to sort through that pile of junk, you need to have a sense of touch. That: s my fundamental hypothesis.: Amazon presently has a number of other robotic selecting applications deployed. Sparrow is presently selecting from totes, but it only chooses from the top layer of the totes. Sparrow has a lot of intelligence to recognize the products and plan the trajectories, but it (currently) doesn: t require a sense of touch.Amazon has actually another robotic called Cardinal, designed to fill a cart with packages. The secret for Cardinal is to get the cart as full as possible. Parness thinks Cardinal could gain from a sense of touch to help it take full advantage of the cart load in the future.Vulcan intends to automate the stowing of products in upper bin rows, which are tough for people to access, according to Parness. This concentrate on the leading rows implies human workers would mostly stow products on mid-level shelves, the: power zone,: potentially reducing worker injuries, Parness kept in mind. Amazon: s injury rates have traditionally been higher compared to other storage facilities, although the business states these rates have actually reduced considerably.Vulcan represents the first of the low-hanging fruit applications for much better force and touch noticing. The Amazon robotics group developed their understanding of touch noticing combination with the Vulcan development and is now seeking to broaden this to other target applications in the warehouse.For now, Vulcan is just in full operation at Amazon: s warehouses in Spokane, Washington, and Hamburg, Germany.The post Amazon: s Vulcan robot uses force noticing to stow items appeared first on The Robot Report.
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Trump and DOJ try to spring former county clerk Tina Peters from prisonTrump and DOJ try to spring former county clerk Tina Peters from prison

President Donald Trump is demanding the release of Tina Peters, a former election official who parroted Trump's 2020 election conspiracy theories and is serving nine years in prison for compromising the security of election equipment. ....

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Data centers say Trump&s crackdown on renewables bad for business, AIData centers say Trump’s crackdown on renewables bad for business, AI

Although big participants in the technology industry may be able to lobby the administration to “loosen up” restrictions on new power sources, small to medium-sized players were in a “holding pattern” as they waited to see if permitting obstacles and tariffs on renewables equipment were lifted, said Ninan.

“On average, [operators] are most likely going to try to find ways of absorbing additional costs and going to dirtier sources,” he said.

Amazon, which is the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy globally, said carbon-free energy must remain an important part of the energy mix to meet surging demand for power, keep costs down, and hit climate goals. ....

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WTWH Media, manufacturer of The Robot Report and Robotics Summit - & Expo, welcomes you to send a speak to be thought about for RoboBusiness 2025, which occurs October 15-16 in Santa Clara, California. RoboBusiness was founded in 2004. In addition to enabling tech and robotics development, RoboBusiness concentrates on financial investments and service ...
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Trump admin picks COVID critic to be top FDA vaccine regulatorTrump admin picks COVID critic to be top FDA vaccine regulator

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The laptop has two USB-C ports on the ideal side, seen here, and a USB-A port and headphone jack on the. ... The laptop has two USB-C ports on the best side, seen here, and a USB-A port and earphone jack left wing. Surface area Connect is gone. For those factors, it looks like many private purchasers would still be better off going for the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop, with the new one just actually making sense for business buying these wholesale if the 13.8-inch Surface increases in cost or if the 13-inch Surface occurs to be marked down and the 13.8-inch version isn't. The 13.8-inch Laptop is likewise certainly still the one you want if you desire more than 16GB of RAM or 512GB of storage, or if you require more CPU and GPU speed.The brand-new 13-inch Laptop has the majority of the same standard ports as the 13.8-inch version, just organized slightly in a different way. You still get a set of USB-C ports (both supporting 10 Gbps USB 3.2 speeds, rather than USB 4), one USB-A port, and an earphone jack, but the USB-A port and earphone jack are now on the left side of the laptop computer. As with the 12-inch Surface Pro tablet, the Surface Connect port has been removed, so this is compatible with all existing USB-C accessories but none of the ones that use Microsoft's proprietary connector. Both of the new Surface gadgets being announced today. Credit: Microsoft The new Surface Laptop doesn't appear to regress on any significant practical frontsunlike the 12-inch Surface Pro, which throws away an 11-year-old keyboard fix that made the Surface Pro's keyboard cover a lot more steady and laptop-likebut it's still an odd refresh. Inflation, supply chain snarls, and the Trump administration's rapidly altering tariff plans have made pricing and schedule harder to predict than they were a couple of years ago.Though PCs and smartphones are (currently) exempted from many tariffs, Microsoft did recently raise the costs of its years-old Xbox Series S and X consoles; it's possible these brand-new Surface devices were initially developed to be spending plan models but that world events kept them from being as cheap as they otherwise might have been.
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Tech giants like to boast about trillion-parameter AI models that require massive and expensive GPU clusters. But Fastino is taking a different approach.

The Palo Alto-based startup says it has invented a new kind of AI model architecture that’s intentionally small and task-specific. The models are so small they’re trained with low-end gaming GPUs w...

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FAA green-lights Starship launches every other week from StarbaseFAA green-lights Starship launches every other week from Starbase

Although we are still waiting for SpaceX to signal when it will fly the Starship rocket again, the company got some good news from the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday. ....

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Microsoft&s 12-inch Surface Pro is cheaper but unfixes a decade-old design problem

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During his junior year study abroad, Max Morganroth, traveled to 30 countries, primarily flying in business and first class. His jet-setting was funded almost entirely by airline points he collected through strategic credit card applications and miles redemptions.

Morganroth told A Technology NewsRoom that just about everyone he knew was “begging” h...

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As of an update released today, the iOS app still doesn't allow books to be purchased directly in the app, but you can search Amazon's virtual bookstore inside the app and tap a new "Get Book" button that automatically pops you over to Amazon.com in your phone or tablet's default browser. ....

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Tuesday Telescope: After spacewalking, an astronaut strikes lightningTuesday Telescope: After spacewalking, an astronaut strikes lightning

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