The Innovation Report
Europe On Verge Of Permitting Leap For Wind, Solar Farms
At the end of March, European Union officials provisionally agreed to reform permitting procedures in a suite of revisions to the 2018 EU Renewable Energy Directive that aim to accelerate wind and solar growth and hit a new higher renewable energy target of 42.5% of...
Spying On Antarctic Moss Using Drones, MossCam, Smart Sensors And AI
The Antarctic continent conjures visions of white ice and blue sky. But not far from Australia's Casey Station, 3,880km due south of Perth, moss beds emerge verdant and green. Sadly, the health of these moss beds is declining due to changing climate...
Making AI Delivery Robots Disability-Friendly
They look like freezer coolers on wheels, Lisa Johnson head of public affairs at Starship Technologies says. "It trundles along on its six little wheels and it can climb up and down the kerbs as well." But as a robot designed to use pavements, it could have become...
Ford Offering Flexible EV Leases To Uber Drivers
Ford is teaming up with Uber to offer flexible leases on electric vehicles to rideshare drivers. Uber is under pressure from governments around the world to get more of its drivers into EVs to reduce tailpipe pollution and fight climate change. And Ford is...
Toyota EV Drove 1,200 Miles Without Stopping Thanks To Electric Roads With Wireless Charging
Imagine driving an electric car without ever needing to stop and recharge. Sounds like witchcraft, right? Well, it's possible. And the answer isn't in the car itself — it's in the road. Electreon, an Israeli startup founded in 2013, is developing electric...
Japan Has Wild Idea To Launch Satellite Made Of Wood In 2024
A team of researchers want to put a wooden satellite into orbit. It's not as outrageous as you might think. Results from a recent test aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which exposed different woods to the vacuum of space, have been confirmed by...
How Many Sensors For Autonomous Driving?
With the cost of sensors ranging from $15 to $1,000, carmakers are beginning to question how many sensors are needed for vehicles to be fully autonomous at least part of the time. Those sensors are used to collect data about the surrounding environment, and they...
This Autonomous Robot Saves You A Parking Spot And Charges Your EV
When we think of an electric vehicle (EV) charger, we think of a string of fixed charging stations installed on highways or outside a retail corporation like Walmart. But with the U.S. recording a sale of approximately 225,000 EVs in 2023’s first quarter alone,...
Bosch Partners With Plus To Power Commercial Vehicles With Semi-Autonomous Driving Features
Plus, formerly known as Plus.ai, is a pioneer in autonomous driving technology—and a company that I have been watching closely for many years. Over the past year or so, it has made huge moves in the trucking industry. For example, I’ve written about its partnerships...
Recycling ‘End-Of-Life’ Solar Panels, Wind Turbines
The growing importance of wind and solar energy to the U.S. power grid, and the rise of electric vehicles, are all key to the nation's growing need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon emissions and mitigate climate change. But at the same time, these...
