The Innovation Report
White House Publishes Cyber-security Space Guidelines
The new rules, detailed in Space Policy Directive-5 (SPD-5), are meant to establish a cybersecurity baseline for all space-bound craft, systems, networks, and communications channels built and operated by US government agencies and commercial space entities....
AI Accelerates Transition to Remote Work
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses of all shapes and sizes have had to quickly adapt to remote work. Many experts predict that this year’s rapid transition to remote work constitutes a point of no return. In many ways, the growth of remote work...
Artificial Skin Lets Robots React to Pain
Researchers at RMIT University have developed a new electronic artificial skin that can react to pain just like real skin. The artificial skin opens the door for improved prosthetics, smarter robotics, and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts. Researchers say that...
GM to Make EV, Supply Batteries for Nikola
General Motors announced its second major electric vehicle partnership in less than a week on Tuesday, this time a $2 billion deal with startup Nikola. GM will take an 11% ownership stake in the Phoenix company and will engineer and build Nikola’s Badger hydrogen fuel...
NTSA Online Map Tracks AV Tests
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday launched its autonomous vehicle online tracking tool, a map that shows some of the places where the vehicles are being tested on public roads. The map is a pilot program that now shows testing in 17...
EVs Cut Cord with Wireless Charging
General Motors will be the among the first automakers to employ a wireless battery management system, or wBMS, in its production electric vehicles. This wireless system was developed with Analog Devices, Inc., and will allow GM to power many different types of...
Underwater Robots Collaborate and Communicate
Underwater mobile robots continuously collecting data for research are key to a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering research project that seeks to significantly enhance the study of the world’s oceans. Led by Assistant...
Walmart Tests Delivery Drones
The retail giant on Wednesday said it would start testing cloud-controlled drone deliveries of select grocery and household items. The program kicks off today in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and items will be flown from local Walmart stores to shoppers’ doorsteps....
Robots in UK to Reduce Loneliness
Robots that can hold simple conversations and learn people’s interests are to be deployed in some UK care homes after an international trial found they boosted mental health and reduced loneliness. The wheeled robots, called “Pepper”, move independently and gesture...
Tech for AVs to Better Manage Roads and Weather
The autonomous vehicle technology company TomTom has just announced a new product, RoadCheck, which according to press materials, "directly addresses partner and customer pain points when it comes to creating safer autonomous driving experiences in inclement weather...
