The Innovation Report
Porsche Previews New Electric Concept Car
We may have missed out on the 2021 New York Auto Show, but in Germany, it's still full speed ahead for IAA, which moves to Munich from Frankfurt this year. There, we'll see a new Porsche concept car, the brand said Monday. All we know is it will be an electric...
Mexico Seeks to Reinvent Itself Through AI
Reinventing itself so as not to disappear, to that point of no return, the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) brought thousands of companies of all sizes and sectors in Mexico. In this scenario, One of the most disruptive technologies exploited to achieve digitalisation...
Drones In Space: Satellites Seen As Key To Giving Full Autonomy To Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles
Advances in commercial drone technology are opening up new growth opportunities for the space industry, which has an often underappreciated synergistic relationship with uncrewed aerial vehicles. The fast-evolving market for drones attracted $1.4 billion in venture...
How Drones Are Changing Our View of Sharks
A quick Google search for “sharks” drums up a sampling of headlines of recent sightings. “Leopard Sharks Return to La Jolla Waters in Droves,” reads one, while another highlights a “cluster of juvenile great white sharks off Pacific Palisades coast.” There’s been a...
Waymo Is 99% of the Way to Self-Driving Cars. The Last 1% Is the Hardest
Joel Johnson laughs nervously from the backseat when his self-driving taxi stops in the middle of a busy road in suburban Phoenix. The car, operated by autonomous vehicle pioneer Waymo, has encountered a row of traffic cones in a construction zone, and won’t move. “Go...
Automation Alley’s Integr8 Industry 4.0 Conference Returns
Automation Alley’s signature Integr8 Industry 4.0 conference is returning to an in-person format Oct. 19 at the TCF Center in downtown Detroit. Automation Alley, based in Troy, is Michigan’s Industry 4.0 knowledge center and a World Economic Forum Advanced...
A Fleet of Winged Underwater Robots Will Patrol the Seas for the US Navy
The ocean is an information-rich environment, if sensors are present to read it. The United States Navy, as part of its continued mission to operate throughout the seas and secure its own freedom of movement, is turning to new robots to collect and share that...
Robots are the New Farm Hands
Artificial intelligence and automation are the new farmhands as growers try to boost productivity amid soaring global demand for food, biofuels and other agricultural products. Why it matters: Farmers one day will be able to manage their fields from their kitchen...
New Hurricane-hunting Drones Aim to Warn of Intensifying Storms
They look like bright orange sailboats, but nobody will be taking one of these for a joyride. They are hurricane-hunting drones destined to face some of the fiercest storms on the planet, to acquire data about the formation of hurricanes. "This could be...
Artificial Intelligence Could Be Used to Diagnose Dementia
It’s been used to detect eye diseases, make medical diagnoses, and spot early signs of oesophageal cancer. Now it has been claimed artificial intelligence may be able to diagnose dementia from just one brain scan, with researchers starting a trial to test the...
