The Innovation Report
New Neil Armstrong Prize To Honor Achievements In Space
A new international award named for the first person to step foot on the moon will honor excellence in "space discovery" as established by the school known as "the cradle of astronauts." The "Neil Armstrong Space Prize" was announced by Purdue University on Sunday...
Ocean Cleanup Crew: Using New Technology To Help Put An End To Plastic Pollution
Did you know 32% of the 78 million tons of plastic packaging produced annually is left to flow into our oceans?! That's the equivalent of pouring one rubbish truck of plastic into the ocean every minute. It sounds overwhelming, but a group called The Ocean Cleanup...
Plastic Smart Cities Adds Five New Projects
Thanks to a new $3 million grant from The Coca-Cola Foundation, five Plastic Smart Cities projects have been launched in 2025 across Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia—and will run through 2028. This investment not only aims to power local action...
From Chatbots To Robots: The Rise Of ‘Physical AI’
During Nvidia’s fourth-quarter earnings call earlier this year, CEO Jensen Huang exclaimed, “The next frontier of AI is physical AI.” Huang was referring to a relatively new field that combines artificial intelligence with everything from humanoid robots and...
How Autonomous Trucks May Revolutionize Transportation
Autonomous trucks have the potential to significantly change the transportation industry by improving efficiency and safety on the roads. They use advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to navigate without human input, which could reduce driver fatigue and human...
Project Crazy Horse: The Quest For An Autonomous Tank
Project Crazy Horse was one of the U.S. military’s boldest experiments - a driverless tank designed long before modern autonomous vehicles. In this video, we explore how engineers in the Cold War era attempted to turn tanks into remotely operated machines. More From...
Smart Mobility Today: 21 July 2025
Everything makes a little more sense when you are informed and have a handle on what's going on.....Well almost everything. This week's Smart Mobility Today and the Global Auto Mobility Thursday full edition have a lot in it! Should robots frighten us, where do we go...
China Puts New Restrictions On EV Battery Technology In Latest Move To Consolidate Dominance
China has put export restrictions on technologies critical for producing electric vehicle batteries, in a move to consolidate its dominance in the sector that has contributed to the country’s lead in the global EV race. Several technologies used to manufacture EV...
Zillow Launches Skytour, A New Drone View Tool For Home Shoppers
Zillow is putting homebuyers in the pilot’s seat with the launch of SkyTour, a feature that lets users virtually fly around properties using a 3D, drone-style interface. SkyTour uses a rendering technique called Gaussian splatting to turn drone footage into a smooth,...
China: Robots Riding Subway To Make 7-Eleven Deliveries
Subway commuters in Shenzhen, China, may soon need to make room for a fleet of chunky, snack-carrying delivery robots. Earlier this week, more than three dozen autonomous, four-wheeled delivery robots boarded and exited active subway trains, and eventually delivered...
