The Innovation Report
Wind Is Main Source Of UK Electricity For First Time
Wind turbines have generated more electricity than gas for the first time in the UK. In the first three months of this year a third of the country's electricity came from wind farms, research from Imperial College London have shown. National Grid has also confirmed...
This Abandoned Detroit Building Is Now The Epicenter Of Ford’s New Mobility Plan
Inside the refreshed shell of an 87-year-old building in Detroit that’s been wracked by fire, tragedy, and more than 30 years of abandonment, a new multi-armed venture is trying to shape the future of mobility. The building is the new home of Newlab, a technology...
Michigan Medicine To Use Drones To Deliver Medicine To Your Doorstep
Medicine delivered straight to your doorstep? Starting next year, that will be possible. Each year, the University of Michigan's Michigan Medicine delivers close to 125,000 prescriptions to patients. Soon, it will add one more method of delivery … drones. "They'll be...
Germany Has Plan To Tackle Rapidly Aging Workforce: Recruiting Robots
A robot takeover has long been the stuff of science fiction, but digitalization could be key in solving Germany’s labor shortage crisis, as its population ages. A record 45.9 million people were employed by Europe’s largest economy in the fourth quarter of 2022,...
A Boston Dynamics Robot Can Now Be Run Using ChatGPT
An industrial software company that works with Boston Dynamics has created a way to control robots with voice commands using the ChatGPT artificial intelligence app. Most uses of ChatGPT and similar apps known as generative AI programs have been in creative areas,...
Robot Plants Could Be Used To Grow Infrastructure In Space From Scratch
In the early 2010s, a new trend in robotics began to emerge. Engineers started creating robotic versions of salamanders, dragonflies, octopuses, geckos, and clams — an ecosystem of biomimicry so diverse the Economist portrayed it as “Zoobotics.” And yet...
Plug Power Has A Surprise EV-Charging Solution
When investors think of Plug Power, they think about hydrogen. The company wants to dominate in hydrogen-based technologies including fuel cells and electrolyzers that split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases using electricity. But investors also soon will have to...
Texas Poised To Approve $200 Annual Fee For Electric Car Owners
Electric car owners in Texas may have to start paying annual fees to the state government soon. The Texas House passed a bill last week that would add a $200 yearly registration fee for all electric vehicles, except for "Neighborhood Electric Vehicles,"...
After Chevy Bolt, Equinox EV Will Be Next Low-Cost Electric Vehicle, Says GM
The Chevy Bolt EV had been the answer to many first-time EV buyers dreams: an affordable EV with decent range. But with GM deciding to discontinue the Bolt — which starts at under $27,000 — the next best thing appears to be the upcoming Chevy Equinox EV. “The all-new...
Texas Scientists Create Artificial Intelligence System To Read Minds
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin created an artificial intelligence system that can essentially read a person’s mind by scanning brain activity to translate thoughts into text. In a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, the researchers...
