The Innovation Report
China’s Yutu 2 Rover Going Strong After 4 Years On Moon’s Far Side
China's Yutu 2 rover is still operating after four years on the moon and has returned new images from the lunar far side. Yutu 2 is part of the historic Chang'e 4 mission, which made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon in January 2019. The rover...
Netradyne Banks On AI, ML To Reduce Distraction — Improve Road Safety
Road accidents across the globe is among one of the top cause of the number of lives lost each year. In fact, according to the latest data available from the United Nations, about 1.3 million lives are lost every year due to road accidents. While one cannot put a...
Auburn Hills’ Continental Announces Partnership To Advance AI Driving Tech
Technology company Continental, with its North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, announced during its press conference at CES 2023 in January a strategic partnership with Ambarella Inc., an edge artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor company. The two...
Studying Feasibility Of Drones For Collecting Environmental Data
Earth observation, also known as remote sensing, provides highly relevant information about the state and change of our planet every day via satellite data worldwide. The data can be used, for example, to gather information about heat islands in cities, droughts or...
Scientists Develop Artificial Skin For Robots That Can Feel Things Humans Can’t
A team of researchers and scientists at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore are all set to make robots more capable than humans. The researchers claim that they have developed artificial skin which has more sensing capabilities than regular human skin...
7-Eleven Testing Self-driving Robots To Deliver Slurpees
In West Hollywood, California, consumers don't have to fight local traffic when craving an ice-cold Slurpee. All they have to do is hail a robot. 7-Eleven has been testing self-driving robots to deliver some of the convenience store chain's most iconic foods and...
Will Farmers Buy Into Future Of Autonomous Tractors?
Agricultural equipment giant John Deere has rolled out plans to develop autonomous tractors. The vehicles take on many farming duties, including plowing, planting and applying fertilizer. As Jonathan Ahl of Harvest Public Media reports, not all farmers are...
EV Charging Will Require 12x More Energy Than Today
The boss of the U.K.’s most extensive motorway services provider has warned of the challenge ahead for grid capacity as more and more British motorists switch to electric vehicles. “The electric vehicle revolution is now well underway,” Moto CEO Ken McMeikan said in a...
Not A UFO: Drone Scoops Animal DNA From Tops Of Trees
If an animal passes through the forest and no one sees it, does it leave a mark? A century ago, there would be no way to pick up whatever clues were left behind. But with advancements in DNA technology, particularly environmental DNA (eDNA) detecting instruments,...
Korean Minister: Advanced Air Mobility Game Changer
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong stressed that advanced air mobility (AAM) will be a game-changer for future urban transportation systems at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, the ministry said Thursday.He gave a keynote...
