New open source Brave browser. A nice change from the Firefox browser.

There is a new web browser out there. Called Brave, this is a secure alternative to Firefox and Chrome. Made by the Made by Mozilla co-founder and ex Mozilla CEO. This is an open-source web browser for Linux and Windows. With built-in HTTPS Everywhere, built-in ad blocker and a built in tracker blocker that blocks … Read more

Ford and MIT project provides on-demand electric shuttles for students

Graduate student Justin Miller and undergrad Wally Wibowo of the Aerospace Controls Lab working on vehicles outfitted with sensors that match those of self-driving cars. This work is part of the Ford-MIT Alliance and aims to predict pedestrian behaviors on short time-scales while also providing data to support a mobility-on-demand system for the MIT campus." Ford is working with MIT on a research project that will deploy a new fleet of on-demand electric shuttles that can ferry students from class-to-class both on campus and on city roads at MIT’s Cambridge, Mass. location. Students can hail one of three electric shuttles using an app on their smartphone, and a driver will arrive quickly to pick them up. The research projects hopes to shed… Read More

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