The Innovation Report
Tired of Waiting for Driverless Vehicles? Head to a Farm
For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner. Finally they’re here, but to catch a glimpse of them, you’ll need to go to a farm rather than look along city streets. Beginning this fall,...
Drones and AI Aid Hunt for Fallen Meteorite in Outback Western Australia
Curtin researchers have recovered a freshly fallen meteorite after pinpointing its exact location on the vast Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia, with a new technique that uses a drone to collect footage of the landscape that is then scanned using artificial...
Climate Change is Already Disrupting the Global Supply Chain
The COVID pandemic has rightly received most of the blame for global supply chain upheavals in the last two years. But the less publicized threat to supply chains from climate change poses a far more serious threat and is already being felt, scholars and experts say....
U.S. Will See ‘Meaningful’ Autonomous Vehicle Policy in 2020s -U.S. Transportation Secretary
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said federal policy on autonomous vehicles will undergo "meaningful" developments in the coming years, saying policy frameworks had not fully caught up with technological developments. Speaking at the South by...
Patented Process Deletes Personal Information from Vehicles
Privacy4Cars, the first privacy-tech company focused on identifying the challenges posed by vehicle data and creating solutions to better protect consumers, announced today that it has secured a new patent for the deletion of data from in-vehicle modules. This marks...
Soaring Gas Prices Spawn Conspiracy Theories about Biden Administration and EVs
Some social media users suggest that soaring fuel prices in the U.S. aren't the result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, increased consumption or supply chain issues as daily life resumes after two years of stagnation brought on by the coronavirus...
Drones Help Detect and Prevent Ever-Increasing Forest Fires
Finland is among the world leaders in drone research. Researchers’ next goal is to develop the technology and test how a swarm of coordinating drones equipped with AI can detect and prevent forest fires. How can a forest fire be detected early enough? How can...
Home-Assistance Robots Help Seniors Stay in Their Homes
Nationwide wants to know if a new generation of personal robots can help people stay at home as they age or face health issues. The Columbus insurance and financial services company has struck a partnership with robotics company Labrador Systems, which is developing...
Robots Become More Useful in Factories
Most people associate factory automation with large robotic machines, such as those that weld automobile chassis on assembly lines. But as prices drop and technology improves, robots are being deployed for smaller and more varied tasks, and they are getting better at...
Who’s Leading the Self-driving Revolution?
Imagine a not so distance future where you’re sitting in your electric vehicle (something truly luxurious since you’re so successful in the future), and you’re looking back on this list below and comparing predictions to your current world. You sip your ketone-infused...
