Neowin News Feed for: Transport

Microsoft predicts AI to contribute $5 trillion to global GDP growth, among other advantages

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has collaborated with PricewaterhouseCoopers to deliver a report, describing the potential growth in global GDP and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions if AI is fully utilized. Read more...

Elon Musk tweets video of the "urban loop" transport system

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 13:02:01 +0000

Elon Musk has released a video which updates us on the plans that The Boring Company has for its underground, traffic beating, electric sled system. Pedestrians and cyclists will now get to go first. Read more...

The London Assembly dampens hype surrounding driverless cars and drones

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:08:01 +0000

The London Assembly Transport Committee has outlined ideas for the city's authorities to implement so that emerging transport tech is used in the best possible way and to avoid clashes with companies. Read more...

BMW wants to build an AI managed Hyperloop for e-bikes

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:46:01 +0000

The concept is called Vision E3 Way; it is a network of elevated tunnels designed for electric bicycles and scooters. Its purpose is to offer a fast, safe, green, and all-weather option for commuters. Read more...

German university team wins Hyperloop competition with its 200mph pod

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:44:01 +0000

The team which consisted of students from the Technical University of Munich were able to get its pod, which is powered by a 50 kW electric motor up to a speed of 200 mph at SpaceX's Hyperloop tube. Read more...

An elevator that can go sideways and even across to other buildings is being developed

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:14:01 +0000

In the future, after your 40 minute journey between Washington DC and New York, you might be able to hop on an elevator that not only goes up and down, but also sideways, and between buildings. Read more...

The Volocopter will debut as the world's first autonomous flying taxi, late in 2017 in Dubai

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:16:01 +0000

"The flying car has no wheels" says one of the German contributors behind a 25 million Euro investment into the Volocopter, an electric 2 seater flying vehicle which will also be funded by Daimler. Read more...

South Korea just signed a deal paving the way for their own Hyperloop system

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:22:02 +0000

The South Korean version of the high speed transport system will go by the name Hypertube Express, and it will supposedly cut the journey time from Busan to Seoul from 3 hours down to 20 minutes. Read more...

LA Mayor open to Boring tunnel network

Paul Hill — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 23:00:01 +0000

The Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, and Elon Musk, the founder of The Boring Company, have held positive talks surrounding the possibility of bringing the tunnel network to Los Angeles. Read more...

This is the snail that Elon Musk wants to race while he digs new tunnels under our cities

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Wed, 17 May 2017 14:24:02 +0000

As if Tesla, SpaceX, and all of his other exploits were not enough, Elon Musk now wants to expand the transport networks of our cities by building new and faster tunneling machines. Read more...

Hybrid electric airplanes make first test flights over the UK

Mark Tyson — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:34:01 +0000

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have successfully tested the first parallel hybrid electric aeroplanes. It is thought that such aircraft could offer fuel savings of up to 30%. Read more...

Microsoft and its partners are modernizing the London Underground network

Andy Weir — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:28:15 +0000

Microsoft, Telent and CGI are modernizing the infrastructure that helps keep the Tube moving, with a real-time monitoring system built on Azure that can detect faulty equipment and maintenance issues. Read more...

Net Transport 2.27b Build 346

Razvan Serea — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:32:24 +0000

Net Transport (NetXfer) is a faster, exciting and the most powerful downloading tool that you ever saw, now support the most popular Internet protocols, including: * HTTP / HTTPS * FTP / through SSL... Read more...

Net Transport 2.27a Build 345

Razvan Serea — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:16:52 +0000

Net Transport 2.27 Build 344

Razvan Serea — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:23:44 +0000

Net Transport 1.90

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:46:12 +0000

Net Transport, one of the fastest and most powerful downloading tools that is ever made available online for free access and distribution, now features unprecedented full support of the most prevalent Internet protocols. ... Read more...

Tablets transport developers to Redmond

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:07:41 +0000

One lucky software firm will receive an all expenses paid week in Redmond, and get the chance to work with the Tablet PC development team, as part of a new Microsoft competition launched today. This... Read more...

Net Transport 1.70

Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:20:39 +0000

Net Transport is a fast and powerful download tool. You may use it to download files from Internet servers. It now supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS (Microsoft Media Services), and RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) -... Read more...

Net Transport 1.11

Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:49:18 +0000

Net Transport is a powerful download tool. Net Transport now supports HTTP, FTP, MMS and RTSP, and also supports multiple threads download (except RTSP) include MMS if sites allow, which could out and away shorten... Read more...