The Innovation Report
Elon Musk Announces Tesla’s AI Day
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed the next event for the electric vehicle maker for next month when it holds its artificial intelligence day on August 19. The enigmatic tech exec, who often shares news on social media, took to Twitter late Wednesday evening...
NSF Launches Artificial Intelligence Research Center at Duke
The National Science Foundation today announced the creation of 11 new research institutes devoted to Artificial Intelligence, including one at Duke and one at NC State University. The $220 million total investment comes after a $140 million NSF investment...
India: The Impact of Technology on the Construction Industry
The world has been undergoing paradigm shift almost every day, and everything has changed from its inception. The advances have been instilled in most parts of the world ever since the invention came into existence. The world has moved from its pristine state to an...
Industrial Revolution 4.0 and Massively Distributed Manufacturing Will Be Driven via Autonomous Vehicles and Self-Driving Cars
Just about everyone has heard of the Industrial Revolution and how it changed everything. Fewer know that we have presumably been through several iterations or progressive versions of the Industrial Revolution. Depending upon which research you wish to accept, there...
$275,000 Grant to Promote Industry 4.0 in Northern Michigan
Awareness and use of the latest manufacturing technology is getting a boost in northwest lower Michigan from a $275,000 Michigan Economic Development Corporation grant. The Northwest Industry 4.0 Consortium received the grant to further the awareness and...
Drones are Zapping Clouds with Electricity to Create Rain in UAE Project
The United Arab Emirates, parched from heatwaves and an arid climate, is testing new technology to zap clouds with electricity to artificially create rain. Similar forms of cloud seeding have existing for decades. But the process has typically used salt...
Mobility Restrictions Can Have Unexpected Impacts on Air Quality
An international collaborative study led by University of Helsinki has conducted a holistic study to investigate the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on several air quality pollutants for the Po Valley region in northern Italy. The area is well known to have one of...
No, Charging an EV Doesn’t Produce More Carbon than Driving a Regular One
A new study debunks a common theory that was used to argue against innovators like Tesla CEO Elon Musk regarding the sustainability of electric cars. The popular myth falsely claims that an EV's manufacturing processes, plus the energy that is produced to...
Mercedes-Benz Spending $47 Billion to Go All-in on Electric Vehicles by 2030
Mercedes-Benz laid out its roadmap to all-electric mobility today with goals that fall into line with what many other automakers are promising. There's one big caveat, however. The company says that it will only go all-in on electric vehicles "where market conditions...
How Climate Change and Fires are Shaping the Forests of the Future
Forest fires are already a global threat. "But considering how climate change is progressing, we are probably only at the beginning of a future that will see more and bigger forest fires," explains Rupert Seidl, Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in...
