The Innovation Report
Panasonic Aims To Develop Groundbreaking EV Battery In About Two Years
Panasonic aims to develop a new type of higher-capacity battery in about two years, potentially extending the driving range of electric vehicles in a groundbreaking advance for the Tesla supplier. The Japanese company is working on eliminating the anode in batteries...
Study: Automotive Industry Overlooks Employee Skills In Digital Transformation Push
As car manufacturers drive to embrace even more automation and data-driven processes as well as artificial intelligence, a study in the International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment suggests that the sector may be overlooking one...
Uber To Pilot Food Delivery By Drone Through Partnership With Flytrex
Uber Technologies announced Thursday it is partnering with Flytrex, an autonomous drone delivery system, to fly food deliveries to its customers. The company said it would roll out the service in U.S. Uber Eats pilot markets by the end of the year. "Uber aims to...
New Robotic Strawberry Harvester Hopes To Address Labor Shortages
With a global market valued at about $20 billion, the world’s appetite for strawberries continues to grow at a juicy six percent CAGR rate. However, the sector faces multiple struggles, with water and labor shortages weighing down on producers. Robotic harvesting has...
Flying Car Company To Test Futuristic Vehicles In US Airspace: ‘Uses Less Energy Per Trip Than A Tesla’
Self-driving cars are quickly spreading across the country — could flying cars be next? Alef, based in San Mateo, California, has secured agreements with two Silicon Valley airports to test the world's first flying car that can take off vertically from...
Spider-Inspired Magnetic Soft Robots Could Perform Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Tract Procedures
Over the past decades, the incidence of cancer in the GI tract and some other conditions affecting the digestive system has risen substantially. Existing approaches to diagnose and treat GI cancers rely on endoscopy, a medical procedure that entails the inspection of...
California’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Passenger Train Enters Service
Folks in California have just met their newest ride, the hydrogen-powered Zemu train. The official launch took place on September 13, and there was quite a crowd waiting to witness what many consider a historic moment. Zemu is the first of its kind in California and...
New Space Junk Removal Idea: Using Ion Engine Exhaust To Knock Debris Out Of The Sky
Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves a satellite using the plasma exhaust of its ion engine to knock dangerous chunks of space junk into the atmosphere where they can burn up...
Electric Vehicle Sales Grew 25% Worldwide But Just 6% In North America
Here's some good news for a Friday afternoon: For 2025 through August, global electric vehicle sales have grown by 25 percent compared to the same eight months in 2024, according to the analysts at Rho Motion. That amounts to 12.5 million EVs, although the data...
White House Pushes For Patience As Manufacturing Sheds Jobs
American manufacturers are showing signs of struggles hanging onto employees with tariffs increasing the cost of doing business and uncertainty lingering over the economy putting many companies in difficult decisions on how to adjust to a new environment and...
