The Innovation Report
Defeating Drones: Most Promising Weapons Non-Kinetic
The current pattern of conflict in Ukraine suggests that the age of drone warfare has arrived. The U.S. Army, which leads joint efforts to counter the threat posed by unmanned air systems, anticipated this development years ago and has identified means for tracking...
Pentagon: Most UFOs are Clutter and Chinese Surveillance Drones
The U.S. government has officially started to explain some of the most infamous UFO encounters of the last decade, with China and weather balloons as top offenders. Intelligence agencies in the U.S. have spent the last few years analyzing footage of hundreds of recent...
There’s Still Green in Climate Robots
Kicking things off with a big funding round for AMP Robotics this week for a couple of reasons, but when push comes to shove, it comes down to something really simple: There are a lot of great reasons to be bullish on automation and there are a lot of...
Einride Establishes Charging Station Network and Next-gen Autonomous Electric Truck
Autonomous and EV freight technology company Einride shared a myriad of updates during its November Release Event streamed live this week. In addition to announcing plans for a network of charging stations beginning in Sweden and Los Angeles, Einride...
Robotics Plus Unveils Modular AV to Alleviate Agriculture Labor Shortages
Robotics Plus, a New Zealand-based agritech company, today launched its autonomous multi-use, modular vehicle platform for agriculture designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard machine tasks - to alleviate ongoing labor shortages and transform the...
Researchers Using AI to Predict Florida Winter COVID Surge
New COVID cases are picking up again in Florida, triggering concern the state will get hit with a winter wave like it has the last two years. Previously, cases picked up right after Thanksgiving and surged to a peak in mid-January. Now, Florida researchers believe...
M1 Announces Leadership Team Additions
M1 Concourse announces the appointment of two seasoned executives to its leadership team. Jim Tanner joins the epicenter of “All Things Automotive” as Chief Operating Officer and Blair Cremeens is named Director of Marketing & Communications. “We have in place a...
What Matter Means for European IoT Companies
Today is November 3, World Smart Home day — and that means it’s the perfect time to discuss the Internet of Things (IoT). We recently saw the launch (finally!) of Matter, an industry-unifying open standard for smart homes. If you’re building IoT devices, this...
GM Partners with Microvast on EV Battery Separator and Facility
General Motors Co. in Detroit and battery manufacturer Microvast will work together to develop specialized EV battery separator technology and build a new separator plant in the U.S., which is expected to create hundreds of new jobs. This work will be supported by a...
Dubai-made Drone Ready for Healthcare Delivery Market
A Dubai start-up is joining a growing band of tech firms developing delivery drones capable of transporting vital medicines to remote areas thanks to in-built temperature regulators. Heating and cooling systems to maintain required temperature of payloads, a drone...
