The Innovation Report
Star Concept Is a Peek Into Lincoln’s Electric Vehicle Future
The future of Lincoln Motor Company is stylish and electric, a projection that is built upon a base of 100 years of brand history under the Ford Motor Company umbrella and the company's latest offering, the Zephyr car. The automaker pulled the curtain off the new Star...
AI Infringing on Actors’ Image, Likeness Says U.K. Performers’ Union Equity
Performing arts union Equity is launching a campaign around performers’ rights over artificial intelligence (AI). They hope to persuade the U.K. government to introduce laws that will prevent companies using AI performance synthetisation – based on...
Parachuting Quadcopter Shoots Off Its Own Propellers to Take Out Other Drones
The same qualities that make drones fantastic tools for capturing amazing aerial footage can also make them a genuine threat that’s difficult to intercept when misused. But a clever new design for an anti-drone...
California Plan Aims to Triple Sale of EVs by 2026
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 next decade. The California Air Resources Board's proposal...
Waymo’s Self-driving Car Ready for Commercial Service in San Francisco
It's called Waymo and it's about to make history with its self-driving vehicles . The subsidiary of Alphabet (which belongs to Google) has been testing its driverless cars on the streets of San Francisco for almost a year and could soon start operating to offer taxi...
New Ag Robotics Forum Connects Growers and Startups
The World FIRA Ag Robotics Forum is launching a new event to take place in Fresno on October 18-20 to connect specialty crop growers, agtech startups, investors and leaders in workforce development. The French non-profit organization GOFAR established the annual forum...
Final James Webb Space Telescope Instrument Reaches Super-cold Operating Temperature
The James Webb Space Telescope notched a cool milestone — literally — during its months-long calibration for deep-space observations. The final instrument aboard the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope finally achieved its operating temperature of just...
Nations Scramble to Take Lead in 6G Technology
As 6G, the next-generation communication technology, is widely expected to achieve commercialization around 2030, various nations are ramping up research and development efforts, despite the absence of clear technical routes or unified international standards. The...
Artificial Intelligence is Changing Soccer and Could Decide 2022 World Cup
Referees need all the help they can get, and they could be about to be given a hand from artificial intelligence. Over the past few years, FIFA has been trialing the use of limb-tracking offside technology, which uses AI along with a series of cameras around the...
California Start-up Sends Tiny Robots on Voyage into Brains
Sending miniature robots deep inside the human skull to treat brain disorders has long been the stuff of science fiction -- but it could soon become reality, according to a California start-up. Bionaut Labs plans its first clinical trials on humans in just two years...
