The Innovation Report
White House Summit on Advanced Air Mobility Addresses Security Concerns, and the Need to Authorize cUAS Systems
Wedneday, at the White House Summit on Advanced Air Mobility, stakeholders expressed concerns over security, the possibility of uncrewed technology being used by bad actors for terrorism or warfare, and the critical need for the reauthorization and expansion of...
This Company Claims Its Boats Can Save Venice
That Venice is in peril is indisputable. That it is ultimately saveable is up for discussion. Now, one company thinks they can make a difference to the floating, sinking city – with “flying” boats. Swedish company Candela thinks that its electric boats can help fight...
Germany to Reduce EV Subsidies in 2023
Germany will reduce financial incentives to buy electric cars next year after an agreement within the governing coalition, as the vehicles' growing popularity makes government subsidies unnecessary, Germany's economy ministry said on Tuesday. The incentives, or...
LG Chemical to Supply Materials for 5M GM EVs
South Korea's LG Chemical has agreed to supply 950,000 tons of cathode active material to General Motors, enough to build some 5 million electric cars. CAM is a crucial element in the lithium-ion battery products, representing about 40% of the cost of a battery...
GM And Ford Will Put 5,000 AVs on the Road Without Pedals or Steering Wheels
The race to create reliable, safe, and production-ready autonomous vehicle technology is only getting hotter these days. Now, General Motors and Ford have both petitioned the NHTSA to allow each of them a special exemption in an effort to further their...
How Driverless Delivery Vehicles Really Work
The electric revolution is in full swing and has opened the doors to an autonomous, self-driving future. Today's modern cars are capable of Level 2 autonomy using an array of ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) driving aids like adaptive cruise control and...
Robots Discover 39 Potential New Species at Bottom of Ocean
Robots have discovered 39 potential new species at the bottom of the ocean. Researchers at the Natural History Museum said the undescribed organisms represent a fraction of the undiscovered species from the deep sea, which scientists are working to understand. A...
For the First Time, NASA Robots Work Together on International Space Station
Not every worker aboard the International Space Station is a human. As a matter of fact, not every worker is an organic life-form. Hundreds of miles above Earth, floating right next to trained astronauts in this space-borne laboratory, you'll find Honey, Queen...
The James Webb Space Telescope Looking for Supermassive Black Holes
Even NASA's next-generation space observatory can't manage to see supermassive black holes directly, but that doesn't mean astronomers can't use its data to better understand the mysterious behemoths. The opportunities are even on display in the first science-quality...
LG, SoundHound Team Up for Advanced AI Voice Control in Vehicles
LG and SoundHound are teaming up to develop an advanced AI voice system to enable conversational voice control in vehicles. SoundHound's voice recognition technology will be integrated with LG's in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system, allowing drivers to control...
