The Innovation Report
Electric Vehicle Adoption In US Will Save A Massive Number Of Lives, Report Says
Waukegan, Ill., is an industrial suburb located about 26 miles north of Chicago's city limits. Nicknamed "Wauk Town," it is the birthplace of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury and has appeared in many films including "Groundhog Day," "Contagion," and "The Dark...
Northbrook Lab Aims For Safe Turn To Green Tech By Testing Electric Car Batteries
Some people would argue the future is here. Not because of flying cars, but vehicles that run on electricity. Even if you're not feeling EVs yet, a scientific testing company wants to make sure the technology is ready for you. CBS 2's Lauren Victory took us inside...
Volvo Finding Fuel Cell Success In Arctic Conditions
Volvo Trucks is taking its hydrogen fuel-cell testing to new heights. The global truck OEM recently completed its first public road tests of the technology it is developing in a joint venture with Daimler Truck called cellcentric. Those tests were...
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...
