The Innovation Report
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...
Ford Cutting 3,000 Corporate Jobs in Shift to EVs
Ford is cutting 3,000 white collar jobs as it prepares to shift from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles. Two thousand of the jobs are salaried positions and another 1,000 are contractors, Ford (F) said. Affected employees...
ISS Hosts a Surgical Robot in 2024
A tiny robot known as MIRA will be blasting off to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024 to perform simulated surgical procedures in microgravity. MIRA, or "Miniaturized in vivo Robotic Assistant," will fly to the International Space Station thanks...
With Soaring Temperatures and Extreme Weather Events, Ocean Data Has Never Been More Important
With life-threatening heat waves experienced around the globe and the hurricane season upon the US, access to ocean data has never been more critical. The ocean environment is a key driver of weather patterns on land. Unless we understand our oceans, the insights we...
VW, Mercedes-Benz Team Up with Canada in Battery Materials Push
German carmakers Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz struck battery materials cooperation agreements with mineral-rich Canada on Tuesday, intensifying efforts to secure access to lithium, nickel and cobalt. The move comes as automakers roll out their electric-vehicle...
European Hospitals Test Drones to Speed Delivery of Human Tissue
Belgian hospitals have begun testing a drone to save time delivering human tissue samples across city centres, between patients on the operating table and medical labs, a first in Europe. On Tuesday, a drone flown by a private contractor took off from an Antwerp...
