The Innovation Report
GM Fast Tracks EV Program During COVID
General Motors is steadfast that its next-generation electric vehicle program, revealed in March, is moving ahead as planned despite the pandemic slowdown and corresponding budget cuts elsewhere in the company. “We haven’t changed our plans at all, and we’re...
Waymo Investment Increased to $3B
Even before the extra $750 million, Waymo’s funding round was among the largest, if not the largest, in multibillion-dollar investments around self-driving cars. General Motors’ Cruise unit raised $1.15 billion in May 2019, while Uber closed $1 billion from...
Drones Deliver Urgent Medical Supplies from UK Mainland to the Isle of Wight
A drone service for delivering urgent medical supplies is being trialled on the Isle of Wight in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The trial, which is funded by the Department for Transport and led by Solent Transport, is the first of its kind and aims to benefit...
This Robot Assistant Can Guess What You Want
Thomas Roszak was working as a maintenance technician at Ocado's giant warehouse in Hatfield when he received a very unusual assignment. His regular job involved repairing and maintaining the online supermarket's automated sorting and packing system, which puts...
Five Steps to Bolster Cybersecurity during COVID
Cyber attacks have increased exponentially since the start of the pandemic, with AT&T Alien Labs Open Threat Exchange (OTX) finding 419,643 indicators of compromise (IOC) related to COVID-19 from January to March, with a 2,000% month-over-month increase from...
School District Gives New Mobility for Child with Disabilities
Axel Gerlich took his very first steps thanks to the robotics team at Avondale Middle School. When the COVID-19 outbreak threatened the project, two people stepped up to finish the project. Eileen Hohner, Axel’s therapist, said his new mobility kicks his progress into...
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for ECG Screening Algorithm
Eko, a digital health company building AI-powered screening and telehealth solutions to fight cardiovascular disease, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the company an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its novel ECG-based...
Intel Acquires Smart Mobility Start-up Moovit
Intel may be a major player in the chip sector, but it could be a bigger player in the smart mobility sector soon taking on the likes of Uber and Lyft, as the company has just acquired Israel-based urban transit data startup Moovit for $900 million, the...
How IoT Will Transform Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Internet of things (IoT) has the power to revolutionize pharmaceutical manufacturing in everything ranging from drug discovery to remote patient access and monitoring. Top pharma companies around the globe are increasingly adopting IoT technologies in their...
Australian Military Drone Flies with AI
Boeing Australia presented the country's Air Force on Tuesday with a prototype of a jet-powered drone that they hope will one day fly alongside manned warplanes while bringing artificial intelligence to the battlefield. The Loyal Wingman, at 38-foot-long (11.5 meters)...
