Mercedes-Benz and its parent company, Daimler, claim another self-driving first this week – as they launch the world’s first self-driving bus on a public road. The Mercedez Future Bus with CityPilot has driven autonomously along a 20km route in Amsterdam; obeying traffic light signals, avoiding pedestrians, navigating bends and tunnels, and travelling at up to 70 kmph. It has even…

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Dutch artist Daniel Disselkoen has come up with a great way of passing the time on tram journeys around Amsterdam – a seriously augmented reality game that simply requires you to move your head up and down. Collaborating with GVB, the transport operator for Amsterdam, small stickers have been added into every tram in the city; the tool for commuters…

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