What could the school of 2050 look like? Undoubtedly, the biggest development we
For the school of the future, there will be no need to wrestle with heavy
As summer temperatures continue to rise, the general trend for 2050 is warmer, drier summers as well as warmer, wetter winters and air-conditioned classrooms,
Students will be able to
Cars of tomorrow
Since 2008, when General Motors’ then boss delivered a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas
Ms. Barra talked about GM’s transformation from automaker to platform innovator, celebrated its advances in commercial electric vehicles and autonomous driving, and
Other announcements were
The courtship between carmakers and chip firms will only intensify. The worldwide chip shortage that knocked nearly 8m units off global car output is thankfully easing and annualized global car production could return to pre-pandemic levels by the second half of 2022, according to an investment bank. Still, car bosses are desperate to avoid a repeat. Many look enviously at Tesla,
William N. Brown was a young airman in the U.S. Air Force when he first became interested in China. Driven by
In the beginning, William’s father strongly objected his move to China,
Could we have zero deaths on our roads?
Cars that can think for themselves have clear advantages
Human error causes over 90 percent of these collisions. Driverless cars, which
Driverless cars use a mix of GPS, cameras, complex scanners and sensors to detect vehicles, traffic signals, curbs, pedestrians and
As well as
Experts say it’s not the technology holding us back, but legal and practical issues such as who is responsible in the case of an accident, urban planning and the security of car computer systems.
Cards and digital(数字的) technologies
Cash is no longer king. Over recent years fewer and fewer transactions have been made with cash. The most recent figures show coins and notes are used just 34% of
Instead we’re paying with cards and digital technologies. Some of this is down to user choice, with contactless cards and smartphones making spending
But it’s also being forced upon us. Some retailers are refusing physical money as they can avoid the high bank charges levied(征收) at them for
This could be bad news if you still primarily use cash,
As a result this move towards cashless society makes many uneasy.