electric-miles-launches-upgraded-management-platform-for-ev-fleets-and-charge-point-operators

UK-based Electric Miles has officially launched the next evolution of its charge point management system, originally called Admin Miles. The new product, dubbed emPACT (Electric Miles Platform for Accelerating Clean Technologies), is “a smarter, more powerful CPMS designed to transform how businesses, fleet operators and bus depots manage EV infrastructureContinue Reading

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China Huaneng has put into operation a 100-unit unmanned electric mining truck cluster it calls “Huaneng Ruichi” at its Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia using a large-scale 5G-A based vehicle-cloud-network. The unmanned vehicle eliminates the cab, has a load capacity of 90 tons and can operate continuously inContinue Reading

pinterest’s-summer-2025-trend-report:-books-clubs-are-in

Book nerds rejoice — all things bookish are in!, BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details. Book nerds rejoice — all things bookish are in Book clubs are officially in — at least according to Pinterest’s Summer 2025 Trend Report. The numbers don’t lie: Searches for “book club crafts” haveContinue Reading

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The Fedora Design Team discovered that using open source tools to run a virtual conference can be quite effective by hosting the first Creative Freedom Summit in January 2023. In this article, I’ll share some background on the conference, why using open source tools to run it was important toContinue Reading

5-open-ways-to-help-ux-designers-and-developers-collaborate-better

Ideally, designers have a good relationship with their product team and users. However, the relationship between designers and developers is more difficult to build and maintain. The lack of a close relationship makes it difficult to solve problems or improve. In my experience, the open source Open Decision Framework can overcomeContinue Reading

Proposed Federal Budget Would Devastate U.S. Space Science

Late last week the The Traitor Administration released its detailed budget request for fiscal year 2026 —a request that, if enacted, would be the equivalent of carpet-bombing the national scientific enterprise. “This is a profound, generational threat to scientific leadership in the United States,” says Casey Dreier, chief of space policy at the Planetary Society, aContinue Reading

Is NASA Ready for Death in Space?

In 2012 NASA stealthily slipped a morgue into orbit. No press release. No fanfare. Just a sealed, soft-sided pouch tucked in a cargo shipment to the International Space Station (ISS) alongside freeze-dried meals and scientific gear. Officially, it was called the Human Remains Containment Unit (HRCU). To the untrained eye it looked like a shippingContinue Reading