The Innovation Report
Harvard Scientist: Alien Technology Sitting on Ocean Floor
In 2019, a cigar-shaped object known as 'Oumuamua was spotted zipping through the inner solar system and, peculiarly, speeding up while making its exit, seemingly in defiance of the physics of a quotidian asteroid. There are plenty of mundane hypotheses about why...
These 3 Companies Will Help NASA Build Lunar Vertical Solar Arrays
NASA has tapped three companies to help develop new solar arrays to power Artemis missions to the moon by astronauts and robots. The space agency this month awarded a total of $19.4 million to the companies Astrobotic Technology, Honeybee Robotics and Lockheed...
New CEO: VW to Speed Up EV Transition
Volkswagen will accelerate its transition towards electric vehicles, but needs to find the right "rhythm" as it makes the shift, new Chief Executive Oliver Blume said at an internal conference on Thursday, the first day of his tenure. At a gathering of global top...
What You Need to Know Before Investing in Smart City Infrastructure
A smart city is one of the buzzwords in the business environment and IT sphere. The notion of a smart city is a promising one. It offers many options and solutions for efficient organization of urban spaces and cooperation between systems within the city as well as...
Standards Body Publishes Guidelines for IoT Security Testing
A leading industry standards community has published its first guidelines for the testing of IoT security products, in a bid to drive independent benchmarking and certification efforts. The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) said its Guidelines...
Drone Delivery Picks Up in Africa as Jumia Pairs with Zipline
Africa-focused e-commerce firm Jumia Technologies has partnered with drone-delivery startup Zipline to deliver household items to remote areas of Ghana, the companies said on Thursday. The venture will combine San Francisco-based Zipline's automated, on-demand...
Satellites with Robot Arms Used to Pull Others Out of Orbit
An Australian space industry expert has said he has concerns about the deployment of potentially threatening technology in space amid competition from Russia and China. Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, Space Industry Association of Australia CEO James Brown said...
This Military AV Could Be the Future of Warfare
Autonomous combat vehicle. Autonomous Combat Warrior Wiesel from Rheinmetall is a futuristic war machine. The German defense company developed this vehicle for “social safety.” ACW Wiesel is driven by an autonomous kit that can be fitted to Boxer, Lynx, or HX tactical...
Cruise Updates Software for AVs after Wreck
An autonomous vehicle run by Cruise LLC got into a wreck while making a left turn, causing the company to update software and recall 80 vehicles. The San Francisco-based unit of General Motors says the crash happened June 3. The company says it filed recall paperwork...
NASA Prepares Return to Lunar Glory with Artemis Test Flight
A half century after the end of NASA’s Apollo era, the U.S. space agency’s long-anticipated bid to return astronauts to the moon’s surface remains at least three years away, with much of the necessary hardware still on the drawing board. But NASA aims to take a giant...
