The Innovation Report
Struggling to Get a Job? Artificial Intelligence Could Be the Reason Why
Applying for jobs is hard work. We all know the drill—you polish your cover letter, spruce up an old resume and summon the courage to click send. After that, your career is in the hands of the hiring manager. Except this isn't always the case. In many instances,...
AI Agreement to Advance Army Modernization Efforts
The U.S. Army plans to cooperate in artificial intelligence research with teams led by the University of Maryland, College Park and in partnership with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The cooperative agreement brings together a collaborative of nearly 30...
Travel Is Coming Back, and Artificial Intelligence May Be Planning Your Next Flight
There are dozens of routes that Alaska Airways Flight 1405 can take from Oklahoma City to Seattle, and dispatcher Brad Ward zeroed in on what he thought was the best one, taking into account weather, wind speeds, and other air traffic. But his new colleague at the...
EVs Could Soon Cost Less than Gas-powered Vehicles
If ever there was a time to want to be driving an electric car, it may have been last week — after the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack forced the company to take some of its systems offline. Fuel shortages resulting from the attack caused panic in parts of the country,...
iPad Pro: Apple’s First 5G Tablet
Apple’s iPads have come a long way since they first launched in 2010, and the iPad Pro is the stunning culmination of all that hard work. Even compared to 2020’s iPad Pro, the new model is lightyears ahead. The exterior hasn’t really changed, which is no bad thing....
Police Promise Drones Not Used as Spies; Residents Want Oversight
In Concord, police officials say they’re considering buying drones to map out crime scenes, locate missing people and discourage criminals from fleeing arrest. But despite insisting that unmanned aircraft wouldn’t be used for regular surveillance, police department...
AI Could Alert Bone Marrow Uptake in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Skeleton/bone marrow involvement in patients with newly diagnosed Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) is an important predictor of adverse outcomes. Studies show that FDG-PET/CT upstages patients with uni- or multifocal skeleton/bone marrow uptake (BMU) when iliac crest bone...
Waymo, Cruise Seek Permits to Charge for AV Rides in San Francisco
Alphabet Inc’s Waymo and rival Cruise have applied for permits needed to start charging for rides and delivery using autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, state documents reviewed by Reuters showed, setting the stage for the biggest tests yet of...
How Thermal Imaging Improves Autonomous Driving Sensory Systems
The field of autonomous driving has made considerable strides in the past decade with the advent of cost-effective sensors and improved computing capabilities. For these systems to be adopted by the masses, they must consistently perform better than human...
The Environmental Trade-offs of AVs
Optimistic predictions expect reliable autonomous vehicles to be commercially available by 2030, at a time when mobility is undergoing a profound shift away from traditional modes of transportation and towards door-to-door services. Previous analysis suggested that...
