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Yeti more AV snow-clearing by Semcon There is a lot of debate about the place of autonomous vehicles on our roads but a Swedish company is already ploughing ahead with driverless snow clearance on airport runways, writes David Arminas Femcon, a Swedish applied automation company, has started an on-site project to clear snow from runway landing lights using autonomous vehicles (AVs). Most often, this time-consuming job has to...

Hurricane prompts Houston TranStar flood warning app When Harvey came calling in 2017, the people of Houston got more than their feet wet. But some good came out of it a flood-warning app which could save lives, finds Adam Hill Over four days in August 2017, Hurricane Harvey caused more than 100 deaths as it delivered over 40 inches (1,000 mm) of rain to parts of Texas, leaving Biblical scenes of destruction as it went. Hundreds of thousands...

Kapsch revamps 511DFW platform Kapsch TrafficCom has upgraded a traveller information system in Texas to help transportation agencies in Dallas-Fort Worth optimise traffic flow. The new system will also provide travellers with real-time traffic and transit information. Kapsch updated the 511DFW platform for the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). The company will maintain the system for two years and...