The Innovation Report
AI: The Latest Conservation Tool
Artificial intelligence has emerged as a new weapon in the battle for wildlife conservation in Lopé National Park in Gabon. Through machine learning, an algorithm is now able to identify over 25 species for researchers in the Congo Basin, which otherwise would have...
Ghostbot Could Let Relatives Speak to Dead Loved Ones
People could soon talk to dead family members thanks to an artificial intelligence 'ghostbot'. Microsoft has applied for a patent for an app that could digitally reincarnate the deceased by using images, voice data, social media posts, electronic messages and...
Oxbotica Raises $47M to Deploy Industrial AV Software
While the world continues to await the arrival of safe, reliable and cost-effective self-driving cars, one of the pioneers in the world of autonomous vehicle software has raised some substantial funding to double down on what it sees as a more immediate opportunity:...
Waymo Drops Term ‘Self-driving’
There have long been arguments over whether vehicles should be classified as self-driving, mostly because the technology is closer to driver assistance features that require regular intervention from humans. Waymo believes the label gives consumers a false impression...
Robots Help COVID-19 Patients Communicate with Loved Ones
One of the biggest challenges and heartbreaks of the coronavirus pandemic comes when a COVID infected person is, by necessity, cut off from their family. Hospitals and long-term care facilities are restricting or in some cases prohibiting visitors in efforts to reduce...
EV Battery Prices Down 89% in 10 Years
Battery packs for electric cars checked off a milestone this year -- just an ever-so-slight ray of sunshine on what's been a pretty gloomy 2020. For the first time, prices slid under $100 per kilowatt hour, and thorough analysis shows prices fell a whopping...
Air Force Uses AI Aboard Military Jet
The Air Force allowed an artificial-intelligence algorithm to control sensor and navigation systems on a U2 Dragon Lady spy plane in a training flight Tuesday, officials said, marking what is believed to be the first known use of AI onboard a U.S. military aircraft....
UofM Partnership Enhances AV Vision Systems
Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq and TASE: FRSX), an innovator in automotive vision systems, announced today that the Company will join the University of Michigan’s TechLab at Mcity 2021 startup cohort, managed by the Center for Entrepreneurship, to further...
AV Startup Zoox Unveils Robotaxi EV
After six years in business, Zoox - Amazon's autonomous vehicle company - unveiled its first self-driving taxi. The firm on Monday took the wraps off of an electric "purpose-built robotaxi" that it developed for its future ride-hailing service. The...
Once Seen as Job Killers, Robots Protect Workers From Covid
For decades, the attitude of unions and their advocates to increased automation could be summed up in one word: no. They feared that every time a machine was slipped into the workflow, a laborer lost a job. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a small but significant...
