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The tensions spilling over from the war in Gaza to merchant shipping in the Red Sea escalated on Saturday when Britain and the United States said their militaries had shot down more than a dozen attack drones. The Houthis, an armed group that controls much of northern Yemen, have been staging drone and missile assaults on Israeli and American targets since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel. They have said they intend to prevent Israeli ships from sailing the Red Sea until Israel stops its war on Hamas, which rules Gaza. Both the Houthis and Hamas, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, are backed by Iran. The shipping industry was also bracing for potential economic fallout as the Red Sea, a vital sea lane, is increasingly drawn into the regional unrest.

Vector 2.0 may only be the size of a hamster, but the little robot has a big personality. This little tracked AI companion is now shipping globally to 65 countries. Despite myriad supply chain difficulties, Digital Dream Labs has kept its target promise to start shipping Vector 2.0, after passing regional certifications. US and Canadian pre-orders are now shipping. UK and EU distribution has begun, and the remaining regions will soon follow.

Autonomous ships just took a small but important step forward. Hyundai's Avikus subsidiary says it has completed the world's first autonomous navigation of a large ship across the ocean. The Prism Courage (pictured) left Freeport in the Gulf of Mexico on May 1st, and used Avikus' AI-powered HiNAS 2.0 system to steer the vessel for half of its roughly 12,427-mile journey to the Boryeong LNG Terminal in South Korea's western Chungcheong Province. The Level 2 self-steering tech was good enough to account for other ships, the weather and differing wave heights. The autonomy spared the crew some work, of course, but it may also have helped the planet. Avikus claims HiNAS' optimal route planning improved the Prism Courage's fuel efficiency by about seven percent, and reduced emissions by five percent.

A survey of upcoming tech trends carried out for our new Shipping in 2030 magazine, published in association with MacGregor, has a strong focus on ship performance. The maritime technology outlook for the coming years is very much about vessel optimisation according to a survey of owners, operators and managers carried out by this title. The fragmented nature of the tech providers and the naturally conservative, cost-conscious shipowning set will put the brakes on any huge technology changes. We're seeing the creation of the integrated digital ship "The obvious first driver this year is technology that can deliver genuine fuel savings, lower emissions and better vessel performance," says Tore Morten Olsen, president of maritime at Marlink. In support of that, Olsen says simplified data collection for efficiency and compliance is increasingly vital.

As societies around the world take increasingly drastic measures to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, the collective response is having an unforeseen impact on the environment. For example, with factories closed and transportation restricted, China saw a 25% decline in carbon dioxide emissions over a four-week period. Similarly, New York City, with fewer restrictions than China, has still seen emissions fall by 5%-10%. It's as if by confronting one crisis, humankind has shown that it could also -- with the proper motivation -- confront another. Of course, like the pandemic itself, the drop in emissions will eventually come to an end, rebounding once restrictions on movement and economic activity ease.

It can travel more than 25,000 miles alongside customers, work more than 100,000 hours, and check up to 30,000 products an hour. It takes its time strolling through the aisles. Moving at the same speed of a small child but heavy enough that it cannot easily topple over, Tally the robot can audit stock keeping units with 97 percent accuracy. Meanwhile it would take humans a full week to do the same amount of work and results as Tally with only 65 percent accuracy. Who wouldn't want Tally, or a similar robot, in their stores?

It may share the familiar BeagleBone form factor, but the new BeagleBone AI isn't like the BeagleBone boards we've seen before. This isn't really a general purpose single-board computer (SBC) instead, as you can tell from the name, this board is intended for machine learning inferencing at speed.

According to an article that appeared in Fortune earlier this year: Automation could replace 40% of jobs in 15 years. This article joins countless others in sounding the warning bells of the forthcoming AI-style industrial revolution. As we've heard so often, AI will replace jobs by the thousands. Almost overnight, half the country will be out of work. Admittedly, it would be impossible to tackle this issue from every angle. However, we can offer our sense of where this industry is, what the effects might be, and where we might be headed within 15 years. Is it going to happen?

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