The Innovation Report
Verizon to Use Amazon’s Low Earth Orbit Satellites to Extend 4G and 5G
Verizon has made a deal to use Amazon's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to add capacity to the Verizon cellular network and provide fixed-wireless Internet service in rural parts of the US. Verizon said it will use Amazon satellite connectivity for both consumers and...
Robot Taxi Boats Take to the Water in Amsterdam
An autonomous boat taxi, years in the making, has now made it to the waterways of Amsterdam. The self-driving boat, dubbed Roboat III, is the creation of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the Senseable City Laboratory, and...
Discovering Exoplanets Using Artificial Intelligence
By implementing artificial intelligence techniques similar to those used in autonomous cars, a team from the UNIGE and the UniBE, in partnership with the company Disaitek, has discovered a new method for detecting exoplanets. The majority of exoplanets discovered to...
Australia: Transport for NSW to Investigate Use of Driverless Rideshare Services
Transport for NSW has announced it will be taking the next steps in its autonomous vehicle trial by working with driverless technology firm Motional to investigate and develop a plan for using driverless rideshare services. Transport for NSW customer strategy and...
How to Become the World’s Smartest Press Shop by Leveraging Industry 4.0
Imagine the creation of a greenfield manufacturing facility with no IT infrastructure and after only 18 months, runs on a digital platform with completely paperless production in its core manufacturing processes. If you think this sounds unrealistic, think...
Why Extraterrestrial Intelligence is More Likely to be Artificial than Biological
Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? It's a question that has been debated for centuries, if not millenia. But it is only recently that we've had an actual chance of finding out, with initiatives such as Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial...
Egypt Detains Artist Robot Ai-Da Before Historic Pyramid Show
She has been described as “a vision of the future” who is every bit as good as other abstract artists today, but Ai-Da – the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist – hit a temporary snag before her latest exhibition when Egyptian security forces detained her at...
Drone Rescue Plan for Dogs Trapped by La Palma Volcano
An unprecedented drone operation is being prepared to rescue four dogs stranded for weeks between rivers of red-hot lava streaming from an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma. The emaciated dogs are stranded in two empty water tanks in the town of...
Foxconn Unveils Prototypes; Pushes to Become EV Maker
Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics giant that assembles Apple’s iPhones, on Monday showed off the first physical fruits of its effort to become a major player in electric vehicles: a luxury sedan, a sport utility vehicle and a bus. The prototypes were unveiled in...
Amazon-Owned Zoox to Start Testing AVs in Seattle
Zoox has been testing its Level-3 (L3) autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas and the Bay Area for four years, way before Amazon acquired the self-driving company in 2020. But to be able to train its technology further, it has to hold trials in other locations...
