The Innovation Report
Colorado Mining Company Reaches Deal To Supply EV Battery Giant
A Denver-area graphite mining company struck a deal to supply a South Korean battery giant with key ingredients for the U.S. electric vehicle battery factories it’s opening in the South. South Korean battery maker SK On, supplier to Ford, Hyundai and others, reached...
How Data And AI Could Change London
With growing pressure to cut carbon emissions and reduce the number of vehicles on the road, some small cameras could help provide the answer to London's emission woes. You could easily miss it. It's a small triangular grey box high up on a lamp-post but it could hold...
Ex-Eve Ceo Shifts Focus To Regional Air Mobility
At Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility, founder and former Co-CEO Andre Stein was a pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM). Now, as new CEO of Eviation, he is shifting his focus to electrifying small commuter airplanes for regional air mobility (RAM) services. But despite...
Crash Tests Show Highway Guardrails Can’t Handle Heavy EVs
Crash tests indicate nation's guardrail system can't handle heavy electric vehicles Battery weights are too much for current road safety equipment, since EVs are 25 percent to 50 percent heavier than gas-powered cars. Electric vehicles that typically weigh more...
Wireless Charging: The Roads Where EVs Never Need To Plug In
The first wireless electric road in the US has been installed in Detroit, allowing electric vehicles to charge up as they drive along. But at nearly $2m (£1.6m) per mile, is this really the future of transport? It looks like any other stretch of asphalt in cities...
AI Connects Crops, Farms, Farmers In Smart Symphony
Imagine a world where your farm talks to you. Not in some mystical, Farmer John kind of way, but in a language of data, insights, and predictions whispered by the wind, sung by the sun, and hummed by the soil itself. This, my friends, is the future of agriculture...
Using AI: Better Pollution Predictions In The Air
Fueled by increasing temperatures and droughts, severe wildfires are on the rise around the world—as are the smoke-borne contaminants that harm the environment and human health. In 2023, Canada recorded its worst wildfire season ever, with fires releasing more than...
How Artificial Intelligence Is Shaping Public Transit
The rise of remote work along with safety concerns are changing how Americans commute, and for public transit to stay relevant, a new approach is needed. Riders are becoming increasingly demanding when it comes to a transit experience that’s seamless. They...
Scientists Build Robot Dinosaur To Probe Mystery Of Tiny Wings
Grasshoppers in South Korea may be on high alert, after scientists created a robotic version of an enemy from the insects’ distant past. In a series of experiments, researchers scared grasshoppers using a robo-dinosaur with training wheels and flapping...
SpaceX’s Starship To Launch ‘Starlab’ Private Space Station In Late 2020s
The stars were aligned for this launch deal. The team behind the Starlab private space station project announced today (Jan. 31) that it has selected SpaceX's giant Starship rocket to get its outpost off the ground. "SpaceX's history of success and reliability led our...
