Neowin News Feed for: Bus

Google launches crowdedness predictor and bus delay information on Google Maps

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 04:30:01 +0000

Google has rolled out two new features to Google Maps which it hopes will make your journeys run according to schedule, and be more comfortable. The two features have already started rolling out. Read more...

Bangladesh government blocks mobile internet after protests turn violent

Usama Jawad — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 16:16:01 +0000

Reports claim that the Bangladeshi government has blocked mobile internet in some regions after protests against the killing of two students in a road accident turned violent, with over 100 injured. Read more...

Baidu set to launch autonomous buses in China and Japan

Paul Hill — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 23:30:02 +0000

Baidu, China's Google, is set to launch a 14-seater bus in Chinese and Japanese cities. The Apolong was built by Baidu and bus-maker King Long and runs the open source Apollo software. Read more...

Safety board probes truck collision with self-driving shuttle in Las Vegas

Paul Hill — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:14:01 +0000

The US National Transportation Safety Board has gone to Las Vegas in order to investigate the recent traffic incident involving a self-driving shuttle bus and a lorry doing an illegal manoeuvre. Read more...

Chinese elevated bus appears to have been a scam; police have detained more than 30 people

Stergios Georgopoulos — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 10:08:01 +0000

The company behind the Transit Elevated Bus, a vehicle that can carry 300 passengers over moving traffic, is the focus of a police investigation, in which authorities are working on recovering funds. Read more...

Chinese engineers road test an elevated bus that can glide over moving traffic

Boyd Chan — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:32:01 +0000

After being unveiled as a conceptual design earlier this year, China has prototyped a bus which would eventually carry over one thousand passengers in response to growing traffic congestion. Read more...

MIT creates 36-core processor powered by a mini internet

James Walker — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:23:06 +0000

A team of researchers at MIT have designed a prototype 36-core processor using an all-new architecture utilizing a 'mini-internet' design where cores are connected directly to each other. Read more...