The Innovation Report
Can Autonomous Tractors Solve Farming’s Labor Issues?
Farmers will soon be able to operate a 30,000 lbs John Deere tractor from an app. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, Deere announced it will release a fully autonomous version of its signature green and yellow 8R tractor for purchase this...
Are Hydrogen-Powered, Autonomous Flying Taxis the Future?
Of all the topics I have written about recently, autonomous flying taxis seem like the most far-fetched – or should I say pie-in-the-sky! However, the fact is that around 20 companies – from well-known names like Airbus and Hyundai, to new, inventor-led startups are...
Business Opportunities in the Booming World of Smart Cities
Panelists at CES discussed the future of smart cities and the related business opportunities for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are making cities smarter and more sustainable, and there's still time for more founders to get in on this very important work. That was the...
Embark Unveils Technical Roadmap to Navigate Snowy Conditions with Autonomous Trucks
Embark is planning to develop and publicly demonstrate a capability which leverages the Company’s patent-pending Vision Map Fusion (VMF) technology to enable Embark-equipped trucks to navigate snowy conditions autonomously by the end of winter 2022. In June...
Serve Robotics’ New Autonomous Sidewalk Delivery Robots Don’t Require Human Assist
Serve Robotics, an Uber spinout that builds sidewalk delivery robots, is deploying its next generation of robots that are capable of completing some commercial deliveries without a human in the loop, according to the startup. That means in certain operational...
Sony Shows Off SUV, Will Explore Building Electric Cars as ‘Sony Mobility Inc’
At CES in Las Vegas this evening, Sony’s Chairman, President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida showed off a brand new prototype of its Vision S concept electric car, and announced that the Sony Group is starting a new division — the Sony Mobility Inc – which will start...
AT&T and Verizon Agree to Postpone 5G Rollout Near Airports by 2 Weeks
AT&T and Verizon have agreed to postpone their planned rollouts of 5G infrastructure near airports by two weeks, averting — for now — feared widespread disruptions to air travel and shipping as well as a potential legal battle over the matter. Both carriers...
General Motors Claims It Will Sell AVs to Consumers by ‘Middle of Decade’
General Motors is going to sell fully autonomous vehicles to regular people by the middle of the decade, the company’s CEO Mary Barra declared during her speech at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show. It was a bold claim that is sure to cause waves in the auto...
Drones in N.Y. Corridor Can Fly Beyond Visual Line of Sight
The Federal Aviation Administration has given authority for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) usage beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) across 35 miles of airspace within New York’s 50-mile drone corridor, Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance Inc., or...
AI Can Now Craft Original Jokes—And That’s No Laughing Matter
Don’t you hate it,” says Jon the Robot, gesturing with tiny articulated arms at an expectant crowd, “when you’re trying to solve inverse kinematics equations to pick up a cup and then you get ‘Error 453, no solution found’?” The crowd laughs. “Don’t you hate that?” An...
