Thursday, December 27, 2018
Now you just have to find someone to carry them into the house and put them away
A Toaster on Wheels to Deliver Groceries? Self-Driving Tech Tests Practical Uses. (The New York Times, 12/18/2018)
Designed by a start-up called Nuro, the vehicle was making a test run as part of a partnership with Fry’s on an autonomous delivery service. Starting this week, Nuro said, two of these small, electric cars will chug along local streets at no faster than 25 miles an hour to deliver groceries to nearby homes.
If it all looked a bit ridiculous, that’s because self-driving is still a technology in search of a purpose.
Related posts:
Foxconn and self-driving trucks: Wishing won't make it so. (5/1/2018)
CES 2018: Toyota introduces e-Patette, autonomous vehicle, modular store. (1/14/2018)
Fair is fair: Campaign contributions given by Craig Thompson, Tony Evers' pick for Department of Transportation secretary
Source: Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
The WDC database includes these namesakes:
- Craig Thompson, Pittsburgh PA (Westinghouse)
- Craig M. Thompson, Madison WI (Thompson Communications Inc)
- Craig S. Thompson, Chagrin Falls OH (retired)
Bio of Evers' nominee Craig Thompson
Related post:
Tony Evers' pick for Department of Transportation could face rough road to confirmation. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/21/2018)Get me rewrite: Senate Majority Leader wants DOT secreteary who can be bought and sold. Gov.-elect Tony Evers on Friday added four more faces to his Cabinet — including an advocate of raising revenue for Wisconsin roads to lead the state's Department of Transportation.
But the GOP leader of the state Senate cast doubt on Evers' pick for DOT just hours after his name was announced, putting the lobbyist's confirmation in jeopardy.
A lame-duck power grab wasn't enough. Now they want to quash his cabinet picks. Not to mention this overreach.
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