The Innovation Report
SpaceX Rocket Hits Moon As Lunar Junk Tops 209 Tons
A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage hit the moon early on Wednesday, creating a fresh impact crater and adding to the growing amount of human-made debris scattered across the lunar surface. The 45-foot (13.8-meter) upper stage struck the moon at around 5,400 mph...
VSpy Data Logging
TRAINING FROM INTREPID CONTROL SYSTEMS Carl Anthony interviewed Intrepid's Senior Field Engineer Jim Meyer about Vehicle Spy Data Logging and ICS training classes. The cost of test vehicles has forced OEMs and suppliers to decrease their testing fleets; engineers are...
Uber Is Building An AV Empire, And Here’s Every Company It’s Using To Do It
Uber was, at one time, developing and testing its own autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. The company, then led by Travis Kalanick, created Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) in 2014 and recruited dozens of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s robotics...
Is It Safe To Extend The Life Of A Nuclear Power Station?
When Hartlepool's nuclear power station came online in 1983, it had an initial lifespan of 25 years. Now in its 43rd year, its operator has announced another extension. While the news has been welcomed by hundreds of employees, is it safe to keep doing so? "Yeah,...
Autonomous Field Robots Move Into Dairy Farming
Autonomous field robots are often associated with arable farming, but they may also offer new opportunities for dairy producers. Dutch dairy farmer Joram Hofman is testing an AgXeed W4 autonomous robot for mowing, tedding and raking grass. Future Farming visited the...
Zoox Clears Final Federal Hurdle To Launch Paid Robotaxi Service
Federal safety regulators have given Zoox a temporary exemption that will allow the Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle technology company to charge customers for rides in its custom-built robotaxi. The exemption from certain federal motor vehicle safety standards, which...
Kia Invests $649M To Bring EV Production To Mexico
South Korea's Kia will produce and sell fully electric vehicles in Mexico, managing director for the company Horacio Chavez said on Wednesday. The car manufacturer will invest $649 million in Mexico, Chavez added during President Claudia Sheinbaum's daily press...
NASA Launched This Spacecraft To Save A Satellite; Now, It Needs Saving
The failure with the LINK spacecraft's reaction wheel is slightly ironic. NASA launched the Swift Boost mission on July 3, sending a specialized spacecraft to low Earth orbit on a Northrop Grumman air-launched Pegasus XL rocket. The spacecraft is called LINK and was...
Want To Cut Plastic Waste? Louisville Refillery Makes It Surprisingly Easy
Inside owner Leslie Delgado’s eco-friendly, fair trade gift store are imported trinkets and tubs of everything from plant-based granite and tile cleaner to lemongrass-scented laundry detergent, all used to promote waste reduction. Delgado opened Peace of the Earth...
Could Agentic AI Bring American Manufacturing Back?
Imagine an aviation supplier received the good news it had been waiting years for: the awarding of a massive contract for a next-generation jet. This project is the shot in the arm it needs to get out of the red and into the black. The problem is the manufacturer does...
