The Innovation Report
Coming Soon in China: Baidu Self-driving Car with Detachable Steering Wheel
Baidu, China's search engine equivalent of Google, has introduced its latest self-driving car, which is fitted with a detachable steering wheel. The company says the battery-powered Apollo RT6 will significantly reduce the cost of public transport. With a price tag of...
Robots Learn Household Tasks by Watching Humans
The robot watched as Shikhar Bahl opened the refrigerator door. It recorded his movements, the swing of the door, the location of the fridge and more, analyzing this data and readying itself to mimic what Bahl had done. It failed at first, missing the handle...
M1 Concourse Event to Benefit Checkered Flag Challenge
Tickets are on sale for the second Checkered Flag Ball taking place Saturday, Oct. 1 to benefit M1 Concourse’s philanthropic arm, the Checkered Flag Challenge. The high-energy evening at the new state-of-the-art M1 Event Center includes dining, dancing, live auction...
Bolt EV Not Part of Chevy Long-term Plans
The automotive landscape is shifting towards all-electric vehicles faster than ever. Among the many EVs available today, the Chevrolet Bolt EV and its larger Bolt EUV sibling remain as two of the most affordable in the market. Despite that, a new report says...
Goodyear Focused on Lunar Mobility
"NASA's Artemis program to live and work on the Moon has a clear need for lunar surface transportation that we intend to meet with vehicles driven by astronauts or operated autonomously without crew," said Kirk Shireman, vice president of Lunar Exploration...
Machine Learning Tracking COVID Deaths Faster and More Accurately
In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 became the third leading cause of death in the US. This May, the country passed the grim milestone of 1 million known COVID deaths. Although fewer people are dying from the virus now than during the height of the Omicron surge...
Scientists Struggle to Collaborate across Borders, Complicating Climate Change Work
The United Nations and many researchers have emphasized the critical role international collaborative science plays in solving global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss and pandemics. The rise of non-Western countries as science...
U.S., Japanese Insurers Back AV Firm May Mobility
U.S. auto insurer State Farm and Japanese insurance company Tokio Marine (8766.T) have joined in a $111 million funding round for autonomous vehicle technology startup May Mobility, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company said on Tuesday. The funding will allow...
Wing Working on Larger Drones Handling Heavier Deliveries
Wing, the drone delivery company operated by Google parent Alphabet, unveiled a series of new prototype aircraft designed to handle a variety of payloads. The company said the new drones will share the same underlying components with the aircraft currently in use...
New E-Skin Lets Robots ‘See’ More Color Than Human Vision
One day, all robots might be able to see in technicolor—but not through their eyes. Instead, they’ll be able to see through their skin. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Advanced Materials Technologies, a team of researchers at the...
