The Reva-NXG was revealed recently at the Monaco Electric Vehicle Symposium & is the result of a collaboration between Reva, DC Design & Encore Software, the developers of the Simputer. The two-seat roadster has a range of 200 km per charge & a top speed of 120 kph. It uses a high performance 37 kW AC induction motor powering the front wheels & Sodium Nickel Chloride batteries instead of the conventional lead acid batteries. The concept also boasts four-wheel independent suspension & a regenerative, hydraulic braking system. It also has a touch screen display for dashboard functions & integrates GPS navigation, GPRS modem & MP3 music as well. Fantastic stuff, Oh... god, when do we get to drive it?
Will Automation make human work obsolete? Robots now build cars and power mechanical diggers and other "dumb" jobs. What will surprise you is how quickly "mechanical minds" are making human brain labor less in demand. Still think robots can’t do your job? Automation and robotics will eventually take over most of the tasks, especially the labor expensive ones, as computing gets smarter. Talk of robots making humans obsolete is generally a topic that is still laughed off as science fiction by most, but this video could get you to rethink the future human work. It lays out a compelling case for why almost half of those currently in the work force could struggle to find work once automation takes over in the near future. Unlike "the singularity," in which artificial intelligence takes over the planet in rapid and dramatic fashion, this paints a picture, backed up by statistics and current developments, indicating that the true singularity will occur gradually,...
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