The Innovation Report
As Smart Cities Expand, So Do The Threats
For technologists, building smart cities is not an aspirational goal but a matter of necessity. The World Bank estimates that 70% of the world's population will be living in urban areas by 2050, up from 56% today. This massive population shift will place increasing...
Air Force Plans Autonomous Refueling Aircraft
Merlin has entered into an agreement with the United States Air Force (USAF) to develop an unmanned version of Boeing's KC-135 Stratotanker military refueling aircraft, according to Defense Express. The project involves the integration and testing of the Merlin Pilot...
Navy: Big Future For Unmanned Ships
The experimental, unmanned ships the Navy is testing out of San Diego and other ports will become a large and crucial part of the fleet, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti said Monday at the West 2024 conference in San Diego. Franchetti said it will take...
NTSB Pushes FAA To Require 25 Hours Of Storage For Voice Recorders
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is suggesting a new requirement for all existing aircraft to be retrofitted with cockpit voice recorders (CVR) capable of recording 25 hours. On Tuesday, the agency called on the Federal Aviation...
These 7 States Are Giving You Money To Buy An EV
The federal government isn't the only one handing out money to would-be EV owners. Many states have additional tax credits worth thousands of dollars that you can stack on top of the federal discount. The federal rebate for electric vehicles -- worth...
California Lawmakers Call For Stricter Regulation Of AVs
California lawmakers and labor unions rallied on Monday to call for laws to not allow autonomous trucks without human drivers, amid rising safety concerns after accidents involving self-driving taxis from General Motors and Alphabet. A robotaxi from Alphabet's Waymo...
Autonomous Auto Racing Promises Safer Driverless Cars On The Road
The excitement of auto racing comes from split-second decisions and daring passes by fearless drivers. Imagine that scene, but without the driver—the car alone, guided by the invisible hand of artificial intelligence. Can the rush of racing unfold without a driver...
SpaceX Launches NASA’s PACE Satellite To Study Earth’s Oceans, Air, Climate
NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite has made it off the chopping block all the way to orbit. The nearly $1 billion PACE mission, which the Trump administration tried to cancel four separate times, launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early this morning...
Apple Has Tripled AV Testing
A few miles from Apple’s headquarters here, a gold SUV carrying a large, boxy sensor on its roof crossed a four-way intersection this summer and hung a left just like any other car on the street. But that car was one of 67 vehicles outfitted with autonomous...
How To Guarantee AV Safety
Driverless cars and planes are no longer the stuff of the future. In the city of San Francisco alone, two taxi companies have collectively logged 8 million miles of autonomous driving through August 2023. And more than 850,000 autonomous aerial vehicles, or drones,...
