The Innovation Report
Loughborough Academics Develop Robots To Care For Elderly
Robots that look after frail elderly people in their homes are being developed by academics. The I'M-ACTIVE project is being worked on by experts at Loughborough University, in Leicestershire. The work looks at ways to install sensors to monitor vulnerable people,...
Robots In The Big Apple: Robo-Trash Cans Patrolling New York Plaza Make Friends, Creep Out Some
Robots aren't just lining up to do dangerous jobs such as helping police, fighting fires or assisting in disaster zones. They may wind up taking out the trash, too. Researchers at Cornell University recently deployed a pair of robotic trash cans in New York...
Dead Birds Are Flying Again — This Time, As Drones
On a New Mexico college campus, there’s a large field that many birds fly over. Lately, some of those birds have been dead. Mostafa Hassanalian, an engineering professor at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, is using drone technology to lift dead birds...
Electric Vehicle Sales In Australia Overtake Petrol-Driven Cars In Medium Category For First Time
Electric vehicle sales in Australia have overtaken petrol-driven vehicles in the medium-sized car category for the first time on record, according to the peak motoring body. The announcement on Thursday follows Labor’s release of its EV policy backing new fuel...
More Americans Are Snapping Up Used EVs
New electric cars are grabbing all the headlines, but Americans buy far more used cars than new cars. When will sales of used electric vehicles pick up? They already have. A new analysis from Kelley Blue Book parent company Cox Automotive shows that used EV sales grew...
NASA’s Snake-Like Robot Concept Could Search For Life On Saturn’s Moon
It is time to move over the traditional wheeled or legged robots. NASA has developed a robotic concept that sounds straight out of a science-fiction and has the potential to take space exploration to the next level. The US space agency has been working on...
3D-Printed Robot Hand Senses How To Grasp Objects
Scientists have designed a 3D-printed robotic hand that can grasp and hold objects using the correct amount force. It was created by a team at the University of Cambridge who fitted 16 sensors to the device that enabled it to "sense" what it was touching. Dr Thomas...
New Technology Could Bring Hydrogen Into The Mainstream
One of the world’s biggest challenges is slashing emissions before it’s too late. In fact, we’ve only got until 2050 in order to avoid some of the worst effects of climate change. And guess what? Asking people to ditch meat isn’t going to be enough. Even a drastic...
Wind And Solar Generated A Record Amount Of Global Power In 2022
Record growth in wind and solar last year pushed worldwide electricity generation to its cleanest-ever level, a report found, reflecting a renewable energy boom that researchers say could herald the “beginning of the end of the fossil age.” The analysis published...
This Startup Places Tiny Turbines In Canals To Generate Power
Outside Denver, in a 9-mile-long canal that sends water to the local water treatment plant, small turbines spin as the water flows by. As they spin, they send energy to the water company so it can rely less on the electric grid. This new iteration of hydropower looks...
