The Innovation Report
Scientists Develop Virtual Tomato Training Arena For Agricultural Robots
Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a method for creating realistic virtual tomato farms that automatically generate data for training agricultural AI systems. Their approach offers a way to overcome one of the most labor-intensive tasks in...
Worldwide, A Quarter Of New Car Sales Are Electric Vehicles Or Hybrids
Many Americans are open to buying an electric or hybrid vehicle the next time they shop for a car. About a third of U.S. adults (32%) say they’re very or somewhat likely to seriously consider purchasing an electric vehicle, and 44% say the same about a hybrid,...
Scientists Reshuffle Atoms To Create Record Catalyst For Green Hydrogen Production
Researchers in the UK have identified a way to speed up the production of green hydrogen after discovering that atoms can mix, split apart and reorganize during the same experiment. The discovery led to the creation of a record-breaking catalyst for electrochemical...
Scientists Call For A Secure Lunar Quarantine Facility For Extraterrestrial Samples
A team of researchers is advocating to use the moon as a secure site for biocontainment of extraterrestrial samples, particularly those from Mars, but also from other potential worlds like Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. The researchers contend that our moon offers a...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Lifts Off In Electric Air Taxi
Duffy on Friday became the first transportation secretary to fly in an eVTOL aircraft, the Transportation Department said Monday. Duffy called the sortie a "historic flight into the future" and said eVTOL models will "fundamentally change the way people and products...
Energy, Water Use And Pollution Of AI And Data Centers Rival Most Countries
The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and energy use and pollution will double in just four years as use of artificial...
Battleship-Trained AI Learns To Ask Sharper Questions, Boosting Win Rate From 8% To 82%
In 2026, the hype for artificial intelligence agents is louder than ever before. These semi-autonomous programs can "think" and execute well-defined tasks in areas like customer service and software development, typically using language models (LMs). But fields like...
Trump Signs Voluntary Executive Order On Artificial Intelligence
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday requesting that artificial intelligence companies provide AI models to the government for testing before those models are fully released. The "order" is voluntary. "Nothing in this section shall be construed to...
Future Factories To Be Powered By AI, Advanced Automation
The factory of the future will be powered by artificial intelligence and will feature more advanced automation than is currently available. And, according to a new Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report, the companies that succeed will be the ones that reimagine...
A Campaign Focused On AI Success in Manufacturing
Artificial Intelligence, and questions about how it can be harnessed in measurably beneficial ways, is a topic we hear and read about frequently. For AI to deliver value in manufacturing, it must be treated as more than an IT upgrade. It should be treated as an...
