The Innovation Report
How Robots Could Help Solve US Recycling Problem
Recycling on a large scale has always proved to be a challenging endeavor, especially as the production of plastic surged exponentially after the 1970s. But new technology made to streamline the process may help the U.S. make strides in eliminating the amount of...
The Next Big Thing in EVs: Classic Cars
In 1958, a now-iconic Rolls-Royce advert promised passengers that, despite its eight-cylinder aluminum engine, the loudest noise would be its electric clock. Six decades later, modern technology is making good on that promise. "Henry Royce built those cars...
Dangerous Drones: Increase in Illegal Drone Flights Causes Grounded Flights, Issues for Firefighters
Flying a drone is one of the easiest, and now cheapest, ways to get a bird's eye view of almost anything. Yet as more people catch the drone bug, those unmanned aircraft are showing up where they shouldn't. "Drones can cause major concerns for aircraft, not just...
Electric Vehicles, Clean Mobility Key to Michigan’s Automotive Future, Coalition Says
Major state investment in electric vehicle infrastructure and workforce training – apart from any federal dollars – would start Michigan on the road to lead the nation’s clean mobility industry, advocates argued from the steps of state’s capitol building. Nonprofit...
New AI Tool Predicts Amazon Deforestation and Fires
Radix Engineering’s latest project was helping develop PrevisIA, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that predicts Amazon deforestation hotspots and prevent future losses. The project, developed for Imazon with Microsoft and the Vale Fund,...
Autonomous Robot Demonstration in International Space Station
Tokyo space startup Gitai Japan successfully conducted a technology demonstration of its autonomous robotic arm inside the International Space Station last week, a key milestone as the company prepares to provide robotics as a service in space. The S1...
What Makes Smart Cities Smart
In general, cities and habitats are posing a dire need to be more connected, more innovative, and more citizen-centric. Technology has played -and will continue to play- a significant role in designing solutions to address the problem statements that citizens and the...
NVMe: A Must-Have for Productivity
This new communications standard was developed for solid state drives and was a collaborative effort among major technology companies including Intel, Samsung, and Dell. For business owners, the bottom line of the technology is this: it allows a hard drive to act like...
Hertz to Buy 100,000 Tesla Cars in Push to Offer EVs
Car rental company Hertz has ordered 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla in a move that some analysts say further validates a growing electric vehicle movement in the U.S. Hertz said Monday that it's buying the Tesla Model 3 cars by the end of 2022,...
Watch These Autonomous Drones Zip Through The Woods
Expert human drone pilots have proven incredibly adept at piloting UAV through complex courses at high speeds which are still unmatched by autonomous systems. But researchers at the University of Zurich and Intel Labs are collaborating to change that, and...
