The Innovation Report
Entrepreneurs Fighting Climate Change With Robots And Giant Mechanical Stomach
A family of entrepreneurs teamed up with several other family dairy farmers to gain support from legislators and find investors interested in helping to fund the innovative transition they had in mind. With the groundwork laid, in 2013, the family installed a facility...
Scientists Announce New ‘Organoid Intelligence’ Field
Computers powered by human brain cells may sound like science fiction, but a team of researchers in Baltimore, Maryland believes such machines, part of a new field called "organoid intelligence," could shape the future - and now they have a plan to get there....
Pioneering Moses Lake Flight Uses Hydrogen To Power Regional Airplane
A small crowd of investors, airline representatives and journalists at Moses Lake in Central Washington got a first look Thursday morning at whether hydrogen power might be the future of sustainable, zero-emissions aviation. A turboprop De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300...
May Mobility Deploying AVs Globally With New Partnership
Autonomous vehicle technology company May Mobility has partnered with global transit technology company Via to deploy AVs across the United States and the world. Over the next three years, the partnership will launch thousands of AVs for public transit, according to a...
Proposed Legislation Would Let FCC Collect IoT Device Data
Congress needs better data on Americans’ use of smart devices, says Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), so it can plan for the country’s connectivity infrastructure needs. “IoT and smart devices are growing in popularity in our homes and businesses to improve safety,...
The Gene-editing Technology In Store-bought Tomatoes That Could Eat Agriculture
The small tomatoes on shelves of supermarkets in Japan may look like normal fruit, but they are actually genetic pioneers. In late 2021, Japanese company Sanatech Seed began selling special tomatoes that had been genetically modified to produce high levels of...
Human Smugglers Now Using Drones To Surveil U.S. Border Patrol
At approximately 11 p.m. on Jan. 30, two Border Patrol agents encountered approximately 30 migrants crossing illegally into the U.S. through the cargo truck lanes at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. After they apprehended two migrants inside the port, additional agents...
Hubble Telescope Faces Threat From Commercial Satellites
Scientists found that an increasing number of pictures made by the iconic orbital observatory are being disrupted by passing satellites. The Hubble Space Telescope, known for recording awe-inspiring images of the cosmos while advancing the field of astronomy, is under...
Grasshopping Robots Made Possible With New, Improved Latch Control
If animals and insects can jump across grass and sand, why can't robots? Sarah Bergbreiter, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has found that researchers don't have to look far to enable this in robots. Existing latch mechanisms that were once thought of as an 'on'...
Ford Patents AV Repossession
Ford is trying to patent technology that would allow cars to repossess themselves. As first spotted by The Drive, a Ford patent application titled "Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle" was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)...
