Las Vegas, UNITED STATES / AFP The possible future of transit zipped along a short track in the desert outside Las Vegas on Wednesday before sliding to a stop in a bed of sand, sending up a tan wave. Hyperloop One, a start-up hoping to revolutionize transport systems, held its first public test of engine components being designed to rocket pods ...

  Washington / AP Self-driving cars are expected to usher in a new era of mobility, safety and convenience. The problem, say transportation researchers, is that people will use them too much. Experts foresee robot cars chauffeuring children to school, dance class and baseball practice. The disabled and elderly will have new mobility. Commuters will be able to work, sleep, eat ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business “It is a big concern that in UAE the percentage of graduating women is 51% while the percentage of those working is only 18%. Such high number of skilled women only translates to such low number of them in workforce. It is high time we find solutions to such a major workforce difference,” Fadi ...