The Innovation Report
E-Mobility Startup Swft Raises $10M Seed Round to Expand Light-Duty Vehicle Lineup
Electric mobility startup Swft has raised $10 million in seed funding that it will use to expand its light-duty vehicle offerings, grow its team and scale its inventory management and supply chain systems. The company, which already has a deal to offer its three new...
Iot to Overtake Cloud Computing as Primary Industry 4.0 Technology
New research by Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, reveals that investment in the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake cloud computing, next generation security, big data analytics and other digital transformation technologies...
The Most Profound Experience
Ninety-year-old William Shatner, who gained fame portraying Captain Kirk on the original "Star Trek," just hitched a ride aboard a suborbital spacecraft that grazed the edge of outer space before parachuting to a landing, making Shatner the oldest person ever to...
Wayne State Offering Free Public Transportation to Students, Staff
Aloni Brantley is living at home with her mother as she commutes to campus during her freshman year at Wayne State University. While her family recently got a car, they previously had to rely on others for transportation for more than a year. Brantley's mother,...
How We Can Save Our Endangered Red Squirrels Using AI
Since the 19th century, red squirrels have faced a rival in our woodlands – bigger grey squirrels, which were imported from North America. This constant competition has meant that red squirrels are now almost extinct in Southern England, except for a few on the Isle...
IoT Devices – Cybercriminals’ Dream Target
Almost 88% of people have some kind of IoT device in their household, but many do nothing to protect them, NordVPN research shows. In the technology world, Internet of Things devices are known as some of the most vulnerable to hackers’ attacks both because of the...
NASA’s Newest Probe Will Visit Grizzled Asteroids to Search for Solar System’s Secret Origins
The goal of the Lucy mission is simple: get close enough to eight of the so-called “Trojan asteroids” to snap photos and beam them back to NASA. Those images could verify long-held suspicions by scientists that the Trojan asteroids are peppered with organic...
Smart Cities Groups Band Together to Form National Coalition
The spirit of collaboration in the smart city movement has taken a new step with the formation of the National Smart Coalitions Partnership (NSCP). The new partnership represents efforts of regional smart city organizations from Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Illinois,...
5G: Changing The Way We Do Business
We’re on the cusp of a real 5G breakthrough. For one, coverage is increasing. By the end of 2021, 5G mobile subscriptions are estimated to total over 580 million. By 2026, this is anticipated to jump to 3.5 billion subscriptions. Connectivity is also increasing....
Cruise Targets 1M AVs by 2030
Cruise CEO Dan Ammann revealed a graphic to investors on Wednesday showing that the General Motors-backed company planned to produce one million or more self-driving vehicles by 2030. Speaking at a GM investor event, Ammann said the company expects "to scale the...
