The Innovation Report
Michigan Wants ‘Slice’ Of Air Mobility Industry, State Official Says
Justine Johnson has spent a lot of her career focusing on transportation and the future of mobility. That has meant working in New York on expanding taxi access beyond the central business district and with Ford Motor Co. on a team looking at mobility opportunities —...
The Future of Automotive Ethernet is Here
10BASE-T1S TRAINING FROM INTREPID CONTROL SYSTEMS This course offers an introduction to Ethernet basics, focusing on 10BASE-T1S. It covers the physical layer, Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA), line encoding and burst mode. It also includes a hands-on...
AI Robots Could Cost $13,000 By 2035: Here’s What That Means For CFOs
Deloitte’s new CFO Guide to Tech Trends 2026 explores how finance leaders can think strategically about emerging technologies and embrace what’s possible, which in turn elevates their function’s value and helps shape what’s next for their entire organization. One tech...
This Boeing Prototype Pioneered The Aerial Refueling Tech America Still Uses Today
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is a widely used aerial refueling plane that's been in continuous service with the United States Air Force for over 60 years. The Stratotanker looks a lot like a Boeing passenger plane, and its set of CFM 56 engines are identical to...
Smart Mobility Today: 23 March 2026
There are a couple things I know a lot about, a few things I know something about, and a whole lot of things I know very little about, but I have wondered about them. When reading over the article from The Dessert Sun, "Federal Funding Sends 540 Million to Fix Sinking...
Detroit City Council Asks Mayor To Consider Data Center Moratorium
Detroit may soon join a growing number of Michigan communities hoping to place restrictions on data centers before construction even begins. At their meeting on March 17, the Detroit City Council approved a resolution asking Mayor Mary Sheffield to not issue any data...
AI and Sustainability Reshape Plastics Manufacturing
Artificial intelligence is making a significant impact in plastics manufacturing, but it’s not the artificial general intelligence (AGI) often associated with science fiction. Conor Carlin, a past president of the Society of Plastics Engineers, is a consultant in the...
Federal Funding Sends $540M To Fix Sinking California Water Canals
The Trump administration announced nearly $890 million in federal funding Tuesday for water infrastructure projects across the Western United States, with California receiving about 60% of the total to repair sinking canals, modernize pumping systems, and...
Swapping Batteries For Hydrogen Gives Drones A Whole New Range
Researchers have built a drone that runs on hydrogen, to replace battery-powered drones that are too heavy and have too short a range. This technology could help fix power outages faster and replace dangerous helicopter missions with the new drones. Help for the power...
An AI Cyberattack Could Trigger A Satellite Apocalypse In The Next 2 Years — Are We Prepared?
AI systems could soon be able to hijack satellites in orbit and cause them to collide with other spacecraft, potentially triggering a dangerous cascade of smash-ups that could render the environment around Earth unsafe for years, according to experts. Cyber security...
