The Innovation Report
First Patients Have Surgery Using Robot At Hospital
The first patients have had surgery using a multi-million-pound robot at a hospital in Kent. At the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) Hospital in Margate, Mandy Lee was the first person to have a robotic procedure using the system, named Hugo. Lee, who was...
Drone Cameras Are All The Buzz At 2026 Winter Olympics
The 2026 Winter Olympics have already delivered incredible feats of athleticism and the raw emotions that help this global sporting competition transcend sports and become part of the human condition. It's the new camera angles showing these Olympic moments, however,...
Smart Mobility Today: 9 February 2026
I am always amazed at the energy and intelligence I hear in the voices of the engineering students that I meet on our Engineering Careers Tour. At Michigan State University, U of M Dearborn, and recently at Wayne State University, our team has met the young people who...
Inside Winter Olympics Games 2026: Smart Replays, Drones, High-Tech Torches And More
The 2026 Winter Olympics Games are all set to excite fans officially kicking off this Friday and are being hailed as the most tech-integrated Games in history. From first-person view drones racing alongside the athletes to AI-powered 360-degree replays that freeze...
Vema Predicts Cheap Hydrogen Could Change Where Data Centers Are Built
The automotive industry has struggled to adopt hydrogen at scale, but industrial users and data centers might have better luck. Vema Hydrogen inked a deal in December to supply California data centers, and now it has completed a pilot project in Quebec to power...
$50M Donation To MSU Is Its Largest Facility Grant Ever
As the largest gift ever to a facility at MSU, this monumental investment propels the university’s vision for a state-of-the-art hub that unites digital learning, advanced research, entrepreneurship and industry. Naming of the Leinweber Center for Engineering and...
Arizona Senator Introduces Water Security and Drought Resilience Act
In an effort to address the persistent issue of water scarcity exacerbated by drought conditions, Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona has spearheaded the Water Security and Drought Resilience Act. This bill, introduced in the Senate with the backing of fellow Democrats...
Registration Opens For AquaHacking Great Lakes Challenge
AquaAction announced Feb 2. registration is now open for the AquaHacking Binational Great Lakes and St. Lawrence 2026 Challenge. The innovation and entrepreneurship challenge, which spans seven months “serves as a launchpad for students and early-stage innovators from...
Winter Olympics: The New Video Technology That Could Help Push Britain’s Skeleton Team To Gold
While Britain does not tend to rank highly in Winter Olympic sports, in skeleton it has won a world-best nine Olympic medals, including three golds. Over the past ten years, my colleagues and I at the University of Bath have worked with Team GB skeleton athletes to...
China: AI Surveilance & Robot Cops Patrolling
Authorities in China are rolling out AI-driven robot cops that stand nearly six feet tall and are rigged with high-definition cameras and sophisticated sensors. One robot, which appears to be a female cop, is patrolling Wuhan's streets. Designated R001, the...
