The Innovation Report
German Legislation Would Be First to Commercialize Level 4 AVs
Level 4 autonomous vehicles are those that can take full control of a vehicle under specific conditions, such as in a geo-fenced area, weather, traffic, and road types. While companies like Waymo and Uber are testing systems like this in the US, at the moment, there...
Safety Advocates Push for Tech to Cut Hot Car Deaths
Safety advocates pushing for new technology that would alert drivers if they leave a child in their vehicle after leaving it say the new devices could lower the cost of sensor technology in current and coming vehicles. KidsAndCars.org rolled out examples of new...
Solving Connectivity Challenges for Connected Cars
One of the big challenges in making the connected car a part of our everyday lives is that the automotive and telecommunications industry ecosystem must work closely together to make it a reality. This ecosystem will involve the connectivity and collaboration of telco...
CBS Adding Drones and Fly Cams to PGA Championship Broadcast
While fans won’t be able to attend the 102nd PGA Championship in San Francisco the first weekend of August, broadcaster CBS will use technology to give those watching from home a more intimate viewing experience. The network will use live drones and fly cams...
France’s Renault Posts Massive Loss
French carmaker Renault reported a massive loss of 7.4 billion euros ($8.5 billion) in the first half of the year as the collapse in global auto sales due to the pandemic worsened troubles already brewing at the manufacturer. Renault’s loss compared with a profit of...
Scientists Use Drones to Study Great White Sharks
Scientists are using drones and other technology to study great white sharks along the coast of Southern California to better understand interactions between these marine predators and people and assess the risks to human beachgoers. The two-year study by the Shark...
Disinfectant-spraying Drones to Fight COVID in Texas
Stadiums are looking for ways to bring fans back to the stands in time for fall sports despite the coronavirus outrbreak, leading some Texas facilities to turn to drones for help. Cotton Bowl senior marketing director Julian Bowman describes the feeling of seeing the...
Air Force to Fly New Skyborg Drones
Skyborg is one of the service’s top three “Vanguard” science-and-technology initiatives aimed at delivering game-changing capabilities for the future force.The aim of the effort is to integrate attritable drone technologies with open missions systems to enable...
T-Mobile: IoT Partnerships Will Address Workplace Health and Safety
T-Mobile is offering enterprise clients an infrared contactless temperature sensor that scans up to 40 employees per minute to monitor for coronavirus symptoms such as fever, watery eyes, and fatigue. These metrics can be tied to a particular employee through facial...
The Shadow IoT Problem
Shadow IoT refers to the use of connected devices, often called the “internet of things” or IoT, in the workplace. In the IoT era, the world is more connected than ever. IoT transformation has resulted in device connections to grow at a rapid pace. ZK Research has...
