The Innovation Report
Smart City ‘Sandbox’ Lets San Antonio Residents Play With Technology
San Antonio’s smart cities program was missing something when it launched in 2017, and the city’s team knew it, said Emily Royall, smart city administrator. “We realized what was missing was hands-on interaction with our residents,” she said. This realization...
Apple Scaling Down Self-driving Apple Car
Apple Inc. reportedly has scaled down its effort to make an autonomous electric vehicle, working instead on an EV with “limited” self-driving features, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people described as familiar with the company’s plan. Moreover, an...
Artificial Intelligence To Analyze Rush Hour Traffic
A new scheme that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to try to improve traffic flow in Hull has begun. The technology will be used to analyse data gathered during the morning and evening rush hours on main roads in and out of the city. Computer software is then used to...
How Advanced Drones Are Cultivating Sustainable Farming Practices
Over the past several years, drones have played an increasingly important role in ensuring that farmers can maintain high crop yields in an environmentally sustainable manner, the CEO of agricultural drone company Hylio said in an interview. Beginning with the first...
Climate Change Causing Pothole Plague. Are Robots And Self-Healing Pavement The Solution?
Extreme weather is getting worse due to the world's changing climate – and it is taking a toll on our roads. But dire weather events are not the only way global warming is wreaking havoc worldwide. Climate change is also creating a pothole plague. In 2023, there...
Reuters: Tesla Plans To Build New EVs In Mid-2025
Tesla has told suppliers it wants to start production of a new mass market electric vehicle codenamed “Redwood” in mid-2025, according to four people familiar with the matter, with two of them describing the model as a compact crossover. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has long...
Michigan Projects Advancing EV And Battery Technology To Receive $9.5M
Representative Debbie Dingell announced that $9.5 million will go to Michigan projects advancing EV and battery technology. Announced Thursday, the money from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will be for three projects to advance research and...
Researcher Proposes More Equitable Subway Stations For Elderly And Handicapped
The number of elderly and mobility handicapped individuals has been increasing in South Korea. Statistics show that the number of elderly will increase over the next decade. Hence, the interest in equity for these people is becoming increasingly prominent. The subway...
Check Out Wing’s Largest Delivery Drone Yet
Introducing an additional aircraft to complement our existing fleet | Wing drone delivery ? Drone delivery has yet to materialize in the way many had been expecting, with numerous autonomous flying machines zipping over city streets carrying packages to...
CES 2024 Brings Flying Cars, Artificial Intelligence, Parallel Parking
2024 started off with a bang at CES, a show that has become by default the biggest car show of the year. Even though General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis—the former Big 3—all skipped the event this year, eager, tech-talking contenders from Germany, Japan, China,...
