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The Highways England A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme has become the first UK project to switch to temporary lighting powered by Prolectric sunshine in pref...
Grayhill announces the release of an exciting line of updated CANbus keypads and MMI Controllers for off-highway vehicles. As the originators of CANbus Keypads and Jog Di...
Good signing and road markings could cut run-off crashes by up to 80% over the next 30-40 years with the car of the future. These may be the easiest crashes to prevent in...
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for managing over 8,000 miles of state and interstate highways within Oregon as well as managing programs re...
Energi Mine, the blockchain platform that financially rewards energy saving behaviour using EnergiTokens (ETK), has announced a partnership with Electra Commercial Vehicl...
Small Robot Company, a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced that it is a finalist for the prestigious AgilityNet Tech4Good Awards. The compa...
GKD Technologies design, develop and produce height, slew and load safety control systems for Road Rail vehicles (RRVβs) and general construction equipment such as excava...
The Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling (MIDAS) system uses various types of vehicle detection technology to monitor traffic flow and speed. This is used...
A concept for a smart hydraulic hybrid excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment has received the Volvo Technology Award 2018. Engineers from Volvo Construction Equipme...
Thatcham Research and the ABI (Association of British Insurers) are today issuing an urgent call to carmakers and legislators for greater clarity around the capability of...
The updated Load Assist, On-Board Weighing, from Volvo Construction Equipment provides payload accuracy within Β± 1% on every bucket, while the machine is moving. Volvo Co...
Launched within the framework of DIMECC Oyβs LIFEX programme, the MIDAS project, which focuses on artificial intelligence, is Finlandβs first machine learning project in...
For its second consecutive year, Trace Software International confirms it will be an exhibitor at Intersolar Europe, taking place 20th β 22nd of June at the Messe MΓΌnchen...
Today, more than 8 billion devices, including construction machinery, are connected around the world, forming an internet of things (IoT). By 2020, experts estimate that...
Telensa, the market leader the leader in connected street lighting and smart city applications, today announced that it has been selected by the Highways Department of th...
Moonshadow Mobile, Inc. announced a partnership with INRIX, the world leader in transportation analytics and connected car services, to incorporate INRIX Trips Reports in...
INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, and Information Logistics (ILog) has announced a new emergency alert service for transport...
Brokk, the worldβs leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition machines, launches Brokk SmartConcept™, a set of technological features that offer improvem...
Britainβs estimated 1 billion windows could become the power generators of the future, letting light through while harnessing solar energy. A Cambridge firm, Polysolar, w...
StreetLight Data, Inc., the mobility analytics company that brings real-world travel patterns to light by launching their Multimodal Measurement Initiative (MΒ²Initiative)...
Mack Trucks, a part of Volvo Group, plans to have a fully electric Mack LR refuse model equipped with an integrated Mack electric drivetrain operating in North America in...
This morning, MyLogic, Inc., announced the launch of Dump Truck Math, a mobile app available for both iOS and Android devices. Dump Truck Math was designed with estimator...
When Gothenburg, Sweden, welcomes the Volvo Ocean Race on June 14β21, the city will also welcome two concept all-electric articulated Volvo buses which will carry visitor...
Scientists at Aston University have developed Bio-Bitumen, a new way to convert organic bin waste such as decomposed food, paper and plastic into a substance suitable for...
GKD Technologies is a leading provider of systems designed for safeguarding personnel and machines. The company, based in the South of England, was founded by current CEO...
Striping Service and Supply, Inc. (SSS) is the first USA striping contractor certified by TxDOT to operate the RetroTek-MU road striping Retro-reflectometer. The Texas A...
Metso has announced a new version of its Metso Expertune PlantTriage control loop monitoring software. The newest version further improves process plant operational effic...
People and Vehicle Access control system specialists Nortech have designed a range of enhanced vehicle detectors that can be set up using a smartphone app and can identif...
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) executed a year-long project throughout 2017 to demonstrate the use of intelligent compaction (IC), infrared scanning (I...
The future of transportation in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Venice β where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and bridges β may incl...
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment today gave the green light for a subsidised pilot project to conduct research and development on the electrification of lo...
GKD Technologies design, develop and produce height, slew and load safety control systems for Road Rail vehicles (RRVβs) and general construction equipment such as excava...
As one of the most hazardous industries in the world, itβs no surprise that construction workers need to take care every day on the job. The complex nature of constructio...
With the pace of change in technology and the hype surrounding the arrival of autonomous cars, the parking industry needs to look at the likely developments in the parkin...
John Deere added grade guidance technology to the 210G LC excavator and made numerous other customer-inspired updates to improve productivity, uptime and lower daily oper...
Training drones to fly fast, around even the simplest obstacles, is a crash-prone exercise that can have engineers repairing or replacing vehicles with frustrating regula...
Having disruptive shifts in technology seems to have gathered a lot of support over the past 10 years with an autonomous future promising many benefits, but it is only th...
A technological transformation across more than 70% of the UK rail network is on its way, delivering faster, more frequent, safer services to millions of passengers acros...
Following a strong start to 2018, leading meteorological specialist Biral has been busy showcasing its popular products at exhibitions around the world and featuring in a...
Traditionally, highway resurfacing projects have been a challenge, not only for the contractor, but the inconvenienced community through which the road passes. To collect...
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