Transportation

@WIRED 9 months ago

If an automated car was only designed to transport goods, what would that look like? In theory, it wouldn't need windows, or steering wheels, or seats. @nuro is doing just that. They've engineered a vehicle that's sole purpose is delivering things. https://t.co/1KZc1m7Pam

@WIRED 11 months ago

Buttigieg highlights the need for a shift in thinking and embracing industrial policy to respond to changing times. He also emphasizes the importance of public investment in transport policy. : Argus Paul Estabrook 3/9 https://t.co/ZMuLa7wFwj

@WIRED 11 months ago

What would you do if you ran into 'Spot' the robot dog in the wild? This particular Spot-bot—named Perceval—was seen inspecting a suburban rapid transit (RER) sub-dock with Paris transport RATP networks maintenance team, in Torcy, near Paris, France this week. : Reuters https://t.co/Fa1sHEjT2t

@WIRED 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of April 12, 1981, NASA launched STS-1—its first launch of the space transport system. NASA claimed the space shuttle, at the time, was the most complex flying machine ever built. : NASA https://t.co/62nupUe3Xw

@WIRED 1 year ago

If an automated car was only designed to transport goods, what would that look like? In theory, it wouldn't need windows, or steering wheels, or seats. @nuro is doing just that, they've engineered a vehicle that's sole purpose is delivering things. https://t.co/ugUMzjpSfl

@WIRED 1 year ago

@WIRED 2 years ago

Clean transport needs clean vehicles. As vehicles get bigger, it becomes harder to electrify them, with increasingly large batteries needed. New power developments are crucial for a mass transit revolution, and each has pros and cons. https://wired.trib.al/9jKpbQj https://t.co/4qGJz67MqB

@WIRED 3 years ago

Its primary purpose is to transport ore from the mines, but from the beginning Mauritanians have hopped rides on freight cars to reach remote desert settlements. The empty cars create opportunities for locals to courier items from one part of the country to another. 3/ https://t.co/EERCjEtXRO

@WIRED 3 years ago

Mauritania’s Train du Desert is one of the world’s longest trains in the world, running nearly a mile long. Although its primary purpose is to transport ore from mines, Mauritanians have hopped rides to reach remote desert settlements. https://wired.trib.al/R86UImf @lofi_guerin https://t.co/4qv3bWIE1w

@WIRED 3 years ago

@WIRED 5 years ago

NotPetya ate Ukraine’s computers alive. It hit at least four hospitals in Kiev alone, six power companies, two airports, more than 22 Ukrainian banks, ATMs and card payment systems in retailers and transport, and practically every federal agency 2/ https://wired.trib.al/jEwKXNR https://t.co/L46lJGgKxI

@WIRED 5 years ago

Soon, every vehicle used to traffic transport weed across California may have to get a special license. This has the weed transport industry equal parts ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

"Once you allow transport networks like AT&T and Comcast to also own content, and then allow those transport networks to merge, consolidate, and divide ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

This surreal drone photo will transport your brain to another dimension. See more of these mind-bending images here: https://wired.trib.al/P3LmejM : ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

Traveling is great. It’s also great to sit on your couch and let virtual reality transport you to your destination. New tourism-focused VR offerings ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

Even if the dreams of the hyperloop don't come to pass, the effort could yield technologies that improve other kinds of transport.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Looks like India is getting a hyperloop of its own.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Transport your mind to a place light years away with these incredible space photos.

@WIRED 6 years ago

This cargo bike is the future of urban transport.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Cargo bikes may seriously be the future of urban transport.

@WIRED 6 years ago

The result could be a more effective contraceptive, and one that would work equally as well in men as in women.

@WIRED 6 years ago

The result could be a more effective contraceptive, and one that would work equally as well in men as in women.

@WIRED 6 years ago

We’re LIVE in 360 with WIRED Transport Editor Alex Davies in the brand new Chevy Bolt! We’ll talk performance, price, and tech in Chevy’s answer ...

@WIRED 7 years ago

This surreal drone photo will transport your brain to another dimension. See more of these mind-bending images here: https://www.wired.com/2017/03/aydin-buyuktas-flatland-ii/ ...

@WIRED 7 years ago

It won't edge your lawn, but it can transport your kid. (via Fatherly)

@WIRED 7 years ago

Do you mind sharing your data if it helps your commute time?

@WIRED 7 years ago

New regulations could make it a lot easier for the US to build speedy transport options.

@WIRED 7 years ago

Issuing the recall was the easy part. Now Samsung Mobile USA has to figure out how to gather and dispose of the exploding phones.

@WIRED 7 years ago

This retro-futuristic self-driving motorcycle concept would make it virtually impossible to wipe out.

@WIRED 7 years ago

The immersive nature of virtual reality might just help build the empathy needed to affect actual change.

@WIRED 7 years ago

The immersive nature of virtual reality might just help build the empathy needed to affect actual change.

@WIRED 7 years ago

Perhaps VR can be powerful enough to transport us to a place that is no place at all.

@WIRED 7 years ago

How do you transport eggs, sperm, and embryos across the world for in vitro fertilization?

@WIRED 8 years ago

Copenhagen's latest Intelligent Transport Systems Action Plan calls for making riding a bike or taking the bus more appealing.

@WIRED 8 years ago

A snowy owl's flight is beautifully captured by a Montreal traffic camera. (via Refinery29)

@WIRED 8 years ago

Segways never really became mainstream, and hopes of a real-life hoverboard — for everyone — are still years away. But that doesn’t mean the bicycle ...

@WIRED 8 years ago

The vulnerability, dubbed “Logjam,” affects what’s known as the Transport Layer Security protocol that web sites, VPN servers and mail servers use ...

@WIRED 9 years ago

It turns out one guy's childhood hobby was a way to launch and deploy large solar panels without taking up more room and cargo weight.

@SocInnovBiz_EU 9 years ago

Could #VR headsets for travel reduce stress for passengers and encourage the use of public transport? (Via @Wired): http://owl.li/BB9Ye

@WIRED 9 years ago

NASA has awarded $4.2 billion to Boeing and $2.6 billion to SpaceX to send astronauts to the ISS and return them safely home.

@woven_tech 9 years ago

NASA Taps Boeing, SpaceX to Transport Astronauts to Space Station from @WIRED http://tinyurl.com/l5pq2oj #tech

@WIRED 9 years ago

Airbus has filed a patent for helmets to provide "sensorial isolation." Perhaps it will include a setting to virtually transport yourself to first class?