The Innovation Report
States Test an Electrifying Idea: Roads That Can Recharge Your EV
On two short stretches of road near downtown Detroit, Michigan transportation officials hope to make history. Over the next two years, they plan to embed technology in the pavement that can charge electric vehicles while they’re being driven. The wireless system will...
Mobility Group Lays Out Steps to Future
A state advisory group whose mission is to keep Michigan competitive and central to the automotive industry has issued a new set of recommendations ranging from boosting public transit routes and electrifying buses to creating hydrogen fuel cell corridors on major...
Electric Drone Taxi Dubbed ‘Tesla of the Skies’ Takes Flight in Paris
German aircraft manufacturer Volocopter flew its electric helicopter in air traffic for the first time when it took to the skies in Paris on November 10. The aircraft, known as the VoloCity, resembles a large drone with eight rotors and space for two people. The...
UK: EV Drivers to Pay Road Tax from April 2025
Electric cars will no longer be exempt from vehicle excise duty from April 2025, the chancellor has said. Announcing the change as part of his Autumn Statement, Jeremy Hunt said the move was designed to make the motoring tax system "fairer". The RAC motoring group...
New AI Tool Predicts When a Bank Should Be Bailed Out by Taxpayers
An artificial intelligence tool could help governments decide whether or not to bail out a bank in crisis by predicting if the intervention will save money for taxpayers in the long term. The AI tool, developed by researchers at University College London (UCL) and...
AV Technology Provides Non-intrusive Exploration on Western Pacific Island
Griffith University researchers are using the same technology that helps control automated vehicles and is used in speed cameras to find ancient sites in the Mariana Islands. Published in the Journal of Computer Application in Archaeology, the paper explores the...
Want to Build in the Metaverse? These Robots Will Help
RobotEra is a brand new metaverse project that allows gamers to take on the role of a robot, and to then develop on their own plot of land in any way that they please. A metaverse focused on robots is filling a niche that hasn’t previously been explored, and the team...
Robots and RPA May Soon Change How We Live and Work
From the classic novels of Isaac Asimov to the Star Wars franchise on the big screen, robots have been a fixture of futuristic science fiction for decades. Today, robots and robotic process automation are taking on new roles in both the business and consumer...
Apple to Spend $450M on Satellite Services for iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS
To support the Emergency SOS feature for the iPhone 14, Apple plans on spending $450 million to help expand the satellite networking infrastructure across the US. A majority of the funding will go to Globalstar, the satellite communications provider...
5G-enabled Farms Could Ward Off Food Insecurity
Thirty miles north of Seattle, the urban landscape thins out into agricultural lowlands. There lies Swans Trail Farms, a family-owned operation that focuses on agritourism and events with apple orchards, a corn maze, a pumpkin patch, and strawberry fields. But Swans...
