The Industry Innovation Report
Self-Flying Black Hawk Helicopters May Soon Come To A Sky Near You
Autonomous helicopters have been in the works for years now, and that means we're already getting to see some incipient results. One such development might take the form of a self-flying Black Hawk helicopter, for which DARPA just gave one of the biggest names in this...
Smart Mobility Today: 14 October 2024
One story stood out to me this week because it reached back in history with results set very much in the here and now of technology and discovery. Be sure to read about the "Ghost Ship" and how we get yet another glimpse at the USS. Stewert. Cindy Polakowski Host,...
How Data From Space Is Transforming Mobility Services
The satellite industry has been transformed in recent years from one with a few, mostly government-controlled, high-orbit vehicles into one with a proliferation of smaller, low-orbit constellations of multiple satellites dominated by commercial enterprises. All that...
We Have The Satellite Data To Show Climate Change Is Real — Now What?
Since 1972, the U.S Geological Survey Landsat Earth Observation satellites have been providing scientists and policy makers with up to date data on a range of features of Earth's surface, and the picture being painted is a grim one. Earth's surface is...
Volvo Trucks Celebrates Electric Truck Milestone
Volvo Trucks North America said it leads the market in deployment of Class 8 battery-electric trucks. The OEM has announced that it has placed more than 570 Volvo VNR Electric trucks in customer operations since commercial orders began in December...
Winners Of The 2024 Smart City Product Of The Year Awards Announced
The award honors the best and most innovative products and solutions powering Smart City initiatives and deployments, and helping create better cities and communities with IoT technologies. Nominated solutions must have been available for deployment within the past...
Scientists Who Developed The Building Blocks Of Artificial Intelligence Win Nobel Prize In Physics
A pair of scientists—John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton—won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work on artificial neural networks and machine learning. The two men are credited with developing the foundational underpinnings of...
Redefining Engineering Education And Building The Future Tech Powerhouse At Texas A&M
In College Station, Texas, a quiet transformation is underway that could reshape the future of American engineering. At the helm is Dr. Robert H. Bishop, Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. With a vision...
Underwater Drones Just Found A ‘Ghost Ship’ From WWII At The Bottom Of The Pacific
“We’re in the midst of, I think, a radical change in ocean discovery.” That was how Jim Delgado, a senior vice president at the maritime archaeology firm SEARCH, Inc., reacted to the rediscovery of the vessel known as the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific,”...
Taking A Cue From Dolphins: Autonomous 3D Vision Sans LIDAR
Ultrasound is perhaps best known as the technology that enables non-invasive body scans, underwater communication, and to help us park our cars. A young startup called Sonair out of Norway wants to employ it for something else: 3D computer vision used in...
