Smart anti-rollover coupling c.
When a big, heavy trailer starts to tip, the TARS system releases it in an instant to keep the driver and the cab upright and safe
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When a big, heavy trailer starts to tip, the TARS system releases it in an instant to keep the driver and the cab upright and safe
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Not wildly dissimilar to a regular fifth wheel from above, the TARS system packs in a suite of sensors, a fast-acting brain and a life-saving quick-release system that could save bulk money for trucking companies and insurers as well
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Axicle says it ll have full-size prototypes undergoing heavy-load testing by the end of the year, and if all goes well, funding is nearly sorted for full-scale production to begin
Embracing Sustainable Digital Design
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Zbynek Burival
How do you work sustainably as a digital professional? If you are a producer of code or content then you are a producer of CO2. How do you ensure your digital activities produce as little CO2 as possible? Better still, how do you ensure that your digital work is useful enough that it saves more energy than the energy required to make and maintain it?
I first came across Norwayâs Netlife around 2007. They had invited me to speak at their annual conference and when I checked their website I was intrigued. Here was a web consultancy that was putting people and usability first. There was no nonsense, no phony language. They were real. And from then I began one of the best partnerships of my career, working with great people on a mission to help build a web that was useful.