The Innovation Report
Slippery Spot-Detecting Robots Could Prevent Workplace Falls
For as long as robots have existed, the fear of machines ousting humans for their jobs has persisted. But for this research project, West Virginia University engineers are deploying robots to help workers keep their jobs — by saving them from potential...
Urbanization Driving New Demand for Construction Robots
Construction is a dangerous, uncertain sector. New data suggests those are some of the factors driving an industry-wide embrace of automation technologies, especially robots. In fact, the market for construction robots is exploding, growing at a compound annual growth...
California to Triple Sale of EVs by 2026, Phase Out Gas Vehicles
California wants electric vehicle sales to triple in the next four years to 35% of all new car purchases, an aggressive target set as part of the goal to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars by the middle of the next decade. The California Air Resources Board’s...
When It Comes to Semi-Autonomous Driving Systems, It’s Tesla Versus Everyone Else
In the past few decades, we’ve gone from very basic adaptive cruise control systems to Level 3 autonomous driving. The latter will essentially drive the car for you without needing any input from behind the wheel. This level of assistance hasn’t yet hit the roads (at...
Helping AVs Navigate Tricky Highway Merges
If autonomous vehicles are ever going to achieve widespread adoption, we need to know they are capable of navigating complex traffic situations, such as merging into heavy traffic when lanes disappear on a highway. To that end, researchers from North Carolina State...
Startup Wants to Farm Shrimp in Computer-controlled Cargo Containers
Americans are eating more shrimp than ever. For seafood fans, the animals–mostly protein and water–are great additions to a dish fried, baked, or sauteed with some chili flakes, garlic, and lemon. But their popularity is raising questions about the sustainability...
The Problem With Our Cybersecurity Problem
We’ve got a cybersecurity problem, but it’s not the one we think we have. The problem is in how we think about cybersecurity problems. Too many of us are stuck in a reactive loop, looking for silver bullet solutions, when we need to change how we view cybersecurity...
Hyundai: Smart Cities Won’t Mean End of Car Ownership
As cars become electrified and connected, there’s another debate emerging. Once vehicles can reliably drive autonomously at Level 5, should we continue to own them? Some visions of the Smart City of the future foresee public transport and self-driving taxi services as...
Google Cloud to Discontinue IoT Core Service in 2023
Google LLC’s cloud business has notified customers that its IoT Core service for managing connected devices will be discontinued, TechCrunch reported today. Google plans to discontinue the service on Aug. 16, 2023. The search giant recommends that customers...
How The Inflation Reduction Act Will Spur a New Climate Tech Ecosystem
On the surface, the Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed into law on Tuesday may sound like a massive government spending program. Indeed, it promises to put nearly $370 billion in federal funding behind the energy transition. But, if you dig deeper,...
