The Innovation Report
This Pioneering Nuclear-Fusion Lab Gearing Up To Break More Records
Last month, the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) fired its lasers up to full power for the first time since December, when it achieved its decades-long goal of ‘ignition’ by producing more energy during a nuclear reaction than it consumed. The latest run...
Collins Developing Digital Brain For Autonomous Air-Launched UAVs
Aviation systems provider Collins Aerospace is flight testing software that will control the US Army’s developmental Air Launched Effects (ALE) concept, including collaborative teaming between pilots in the air and the uncrewed autonomous vehicles. As part of its...
May Mobility Launches On-Demand Automated Public Transit For Arizona 55+ Community
Automated transit is coming to the residents of Sun City, Arizona. Starting today, May Mobility is offering rides in what they call “the first on-demand public transit service using AVs in Arizona.” Located northwest of Phoenix, the retirement community’s...
Newlab At Michigan Central Is For Startups Working Toward A Future Of Mobility
Newlab at Michigan Central is a building for startups who have a focus on working toward a future of mobility. Newlab, in the rehabbed Book Depository building in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood, has more than 25 companies, Ford said Tuesday in a news release, and has...
Satellite Gathers Best View Of Melting Glaciers
Scientists have obtained their best satellite assessment yet of the status of the world's glaciers. Europe's Cryosat satellite tracked the 200,000 or so glaciers on Earth and found they have lost 2,720bn tonnes of ice in 10 years due to climate change. That's...
Watch A Weird Robot Wiggle And Flap Like A Seal Moving On Land
With heavy bodies and small flippers, seals aren't the most graceful movers out of water. But despite appearances, a robot that imitates the way they flop over dry land might be effective in search and rescue operations where a wheeled robot would struggle, say the...
UK: Council To Start Hydrogen Bin Lorry Trial
A Derbyshire council is to trial the use of hybrid hydrogen-powered bin lorries in a bid to reduce its emissions. South Derbyshire District Council will start using two duel-fuel lorries in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. The authority aims to see how the vehicles...
Demand For EVs Growing — Can Charging Network Keep Up?
Demand for electric vehicles is growing and a new report forecasts that one out of every five vehicles sold worldwide this year will be electric. But charging those vehicles and getting the power you need when you want it can be more complicated. Science Correspondent...
EV Charing Company FLO Makes Michigan Announcement
At Global Auto Mobility, we started our week with FLO in Auburn Hills, Michigan. FLO is the Canadian EV charging company whose Michigan facility opened in October 2022. Battling the last snow day of Spring 2023, many members of the automotive press and other guests...
Spacex’s 1st Starship Launches On Epic Test Flight, Explodes In ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’
The most powerful rocket ever built put on quite a show during its debut space launch. With a mighty roar, the first-ever integrated Starship rocket soared toward space today (April 20) from SpaceX's seaside Starbase facility at Boca Chica Beach...
