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NASA and Lockheed Martin have officially unveiled the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft, a unique experimental airplane designed to gather data that could revolutionize air travel. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which aims to address the challenges of supersonic flight over land by making sonic booms quieter. The aircraft is expected to […]
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A unicorn Beanie Baby. A 15-pound green bowling ball. A pair of dentures.
These are just some of the items left behind in robotaxis in the past year, according to Uber's annual Lost and Found Index. For the first time, the company is expanding its annual of accounting of things forgotten in Uber vehicles to include self-driving cars because, for the first time, Uber has enough self-driving cars on its platform to matter.
Uber doesn't deploy its own robotaxis, but in the last few years it's become a clearinghouse for driverless car companies that want access to Uber's millions of customers. Here in the US, that includes Waymo (in Austin a …
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