The Innovation Report
AI Keeps Beating Humans At Games. This Time It’s The Card Game Bridge
Artificial intelligence continues to best humans at games, this time the classic card game Bridge. Researchers from the French A.I. research firm NukkAI held a competition last week in Paris in which the startup’s A.I. defeated some of the world’s top Bridge...
US Investigating AV Company’s Crash Report
A small maker of autonomous vehicle systems could be in hot water with U.S. highway safety regulators over how much time elapsed before it reported the crash of one of its test vehicles last fall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents...
GM Aims to One-Up Rivals With a Beast of an Electric Vehicle
General Motors is lining up the pieces to counter and attack its rivals in the electric-vehicle market. The Detroit giant recently started production of the long-awaited Lyriq SUV/crossover, the car meant to compete with Tesla's Model Y SUV and Ford Mustang Mach-E...
Self-Driving Cars Have Yet to Arrive, but Autonomous Forklifts are Here
A self-driving forklift may be the next wave of warehouse and factory innovations, saving companies on labor and, ideally, making industrial settings safer for everyone. Demand for logistics help is soaring, but forklift operators and other skilled workers are in...
Satellites Show Arctic Sea Ice Melting Even Faster Than Scientists Realized
A new study based on NASA and ESA satellite data shows that Arctic sea ice is thinning at a "frightening rate." Measuring the ice via satellites each month from 2018 to 2021, polar scientists Sahra Kacimi of the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion...
Arkansas Firefighters Receiving Training on EV Fires
As Arkansas continues its push to be a trailblazer when it comes to electric vehicles, the state is expected to see more electric cars on the roads soon. In February, Governor Asa Hutchinson began taking steps to make Arkansas a hub for electric vehicles. Hutchinson...
Can an Electric Car Really Help You Save Money as Gas Prices Soar?
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine helped spur record-high gas prices at U.S. pumps, many have debated whether owning an electric car instead of a gasoline one could be a wise investment. In short, electric vehicles do tend to cost less in the long term than some of...
A Moon Spelunking Robot May Help Us Learn to Live on Other Planets
Spelunking is finally going out of this world. Once we send astronauts back to the moon this decade, there will be an enormous interest to explore lunar caverns and uncover the mysteries they bear. But it’s also paramount we make these journeys safe for any human...
Drone Delivery Nearer to Take-off Following Latest FAA Recommendations
The so-called Beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee (BVLOS ARC) of the FAA published its final report last week. The committee is charged with paving the way toward broader commercial use of drones in the U.S., and its findings...
AVs Finally Get Federal Safety Standards
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a first-of-its-kind rule to ensure safety of occupants in automated vehicles. This rule updates the occupant protection Federal Motor Vehicle Safety...
