The Innovation Report
SFU Researchers Get Funding Boost To Forecast Whale Movements Using AI
Simon Fraser University researchers have received nearly $1 million in special funding from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada to develop an artificial intelligence–powered system that forecasts whale movements in busy shipping corridors. The Humans and...
Volvo Autonomous Solutions And Aurora Begin Dallas – Oklahoma City Route
Aurora Innovation and Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) are expanding their autonomous freight network with a new 200-mile route connecting Dallas and Oklahoma City. The companies said the new route marks another step toward scaling commercial self-driving trucking...
How California’s New Regulations Will Affect Autonomous Vehicles
In California cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, autonomous vehicles have operated under a different set of rules for the past few years compared to their human-operated counterparts. Although these driverless taxis were susceptible to citations from local law...
US Coast Guard Deploys Autonomous Saildrones To Patrol 90,000-Square-Mile Lakes
The U.S. Coast Guard will deploy autonomous surface drones across the Great Lakes from May through October to strengthen maritime surveillance and emergency response operations. The deployment marks one of the service’s latest steps toward integrating unmanned systems...
It Is Here: The Future of Automotive Ethernet
10BASE-T1S TRAINING FROM INTREPID CONTROL SYSTEMS This course offers an introduction to Ethernet basics, focusing on 10BASE-T1S. It covers the physical layer, Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA), line encoding and burst mode. It also includes a hands-on...
Over 60% Of Developing Countries Face Overlapping Socioeconomic And Water Security Challenges
Unsafe drinking water is not just a technical problem. It is a sign of deeper inequality, concludes a new investigation of the state of water quality in 138 countries by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU‑INWEH). The...
Why Water Scarcity Is Emerging As A Key Energy Constraint
A decade ago, China was widely expected to become a shale powerhouse. By some estimates, it holds more technically recoverable shale gas than the United States, and there was real optimism that it could replicate the U.S. shale revolution. So far, that surge hasn’t...
Smart Mobility Today: 4 May 2026
My father was an engineer and a Science fiction fan. I was exposed to that combination of loves early on, and would sit with my dad and watch what Captain Kirk was up to this week. As soon as I saw the asteroid article in this week's Global Auto Mobility, my mind...
US Genetic Pioneer Craig Venter Dies At 79
Venter had decoded the human genome and created the first bacterium with an artificial genome. He had helped to develop his field of research from slowly progressing basic research to a scalable, data-based science, his institute said. In addition, he always insisted...
Hydrogen Engine Hits 60% Efficiency With Zero Emissions, Rivals Diesel In Power Output
Researchers in Germany have recently unveiled a hydrogen-powered engine that could challenge diesel in some of the toughest applications by operating without emissions and achieving efficiency levels above 60 percent. Developed by a research team at the...
