The Innovation Report
This Hydrogen Turbine Turns Controlled Explosions Into Electricity
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have achieved a major milestone in hydrogen power by operating a new compressorless gas turbine for a record 303 seconds. The burner uses an advanced form of pressure-gain combustion and surpassed NASA's...
Cheaper EVs And Next-Gen Batteries In The US Could Make Your Next Car Electric
Buying an electric vehicle in the U.S. can seem less compelling than it once did. Sales have slowed, some major automakers have pulled back parts of their EV plans, and the disappearance of the federal tax incentive has made already high prices even harder...
SpaceX Alumni Launch AI-Driven Steel Fabrication Factory In Cincinnati
Three former SpaceX engineers are opening an automated steel fabrication factory in Cincinnati. 1872, the engineers’ startup, recently announced the factory launch after securing $15 million in seed funding through private funds advised by The O.H.I.O. Fund. According...
South Korea To Send Autonomous Freight Trucks Through Signalized City Traffic
South Korea's largest logistics operator announced August 6 that it will deploy autonomous freight trucks on four inter-terminal corridors inside Daegu — a 2.4-million-person city — starting in October, marking the first time any Korean logistics company has run...
Police Test Drone As First Responder In The Sky Over Kalamazoo
Red and blue flashing lights spotted over the city have been traced to a new, advanced police drone. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety recently completed a six-day, no-cost “Drone as First Responder” pilot evaluation using a drone system provided by Axon in...
U.S. Bans Imports Of AI Humanoid Robots To Protect Americans From A Massive Trojan Horse Invasion
The ban is under the auspices of the FCC. I provide an analysis of the key rationale and stipulations that the federal agency announced in its official proclamation of July 27, 2026. The overall gist is that people are increasingly buying and using humanoid robots in...
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,...
