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Wired – no paywall: “Marine insurers and oil traders want to know what’s going on in one of the world’s most critical waterways. As the volume of disappearing ships in the area increases, analysts are getting creative…Tracking disappearing ships makes use of several technologies, some of them newer than others. Samir Madani, the cofounder of …
The Atlantic – A New Kind of Hybrid Car Is About to Hit America’s Streets [no paywall] The car industry says it has an answer for drivers wary of going electric…The Ram 1500 REV, set to debut later this year, is what’s called an “extended-range electric vehicle,” or EREV. In essence, it is an electric …
Follow up to These Apps Can Help You Find the Cheapest Gas See also The Drive A tool originally made to track beer prices unites public data, crowdsourced photos, and robocalls to find the cheapest gas near you. “…Appropriately called “The Gas Index,” the project started as a tool to track the price of a …
The New York Times Interactive Visual – “The cost of fuel in the United States steadily ticked up after the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran began in February. Developments in the conflict — showing progress or not — have directly impacted the price of oil, which gasoline across the nation tracks. But increases at the pump …
404 Media: “Ron DeSantis has empowered hundreds of Florida conservation police to work directly with ICE.. Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) police are performing dozens of license plate lookups on Flock cameras for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to public records that show details of the searches. The practice highlights how ICE, …
Fast Company: “For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance. In thousands of towns and cities across the U.S., automatic license plate readers have been installed at major intersections, bridges and highway off-ramps. These camera-based systems capture the …
ZDNET – Lance Whitney: “Feeling pain at the pump lately? I certainly am. With war in Iran affecting oil supplies, gas prices are on the rise again. After declining over the past year, the price we pay to fuel our cars has now risen more than $1 per gallon in the US, reaching on average …
TechCrunch: “Flash floods are among the deadliest weather events in the world, killing more than 5,000 people each year. They’re also among the most difficult to predict. But Google thinks it has cracked that problem in an unlikely way — by reading the news. While humans have assembled a lot of weather data, flash floods …
The Atopian: One of the loudest vehicles in America, visually, is the humble school bus. These mighty metal machines are tasked with carting children around safely. Thus, so much of the design of the school bus, from its eye-searing yellow color to the padded seats, serves an important safety role. One of the coolest style …
Track live flights in 3D over the world’s busiest airspaces. Altitude-aware, beautifully rendered, and completely free. Open Source.
Lifehacker: “In the wake of the U.S.-Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the price of crude oil has risen sharply on the international market. Now, it’s starting to impact gasoline and diesel prices in the U.S., with increases at the pump of as much as 30% in some areas. Gas prices …
Via quantum of sollazzo: “Steven Feldman attempted to create a map showing airports and their environmental impact. The resulting interactive map visualizes estimated emissions on a color scale and can display data by passenger numbers or population impact, with a year slider and zoom-responsive statistics. “Some smaller airports can have a bigger impact because they …
