The Innovation Report
Peer-to-Peer Electric Car Charging Is Wild—and Possibly Revolutionary
It works just like midair jet refueling. Could the Napster of electric cars eliminate the need for charging stations altogether? A wild new concept uses the strengths of autonomous electric car designs to pair them for sharing a charge on the go. In IEEE...
US Senate Staffers Float Blockchain Voting if Chamber Goes Remote
Coming several days before the Senate’s planned return from its COVID-19 recess, the 29-page memo, which is not a proposal to change Senate rules or from the committee that reviews them, preceded the subcommittee’s Thursday roundtable on crisis-time continuity...
Challenges Developing AVs During Pandemic
In the months since the coronavirus prompted shelter-in-place orders around the world, entire companies, industries, and economies have been decimated. One market that appeared poised to escape the impact was autonomous vehicles, particularly in the case of companies...
Businesses Hinting at 5G Delays
Mobile carriers, network suppliers, and analysts are warning that the rollout of 5G networks could be delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The warnings came as businesses reported their quarterly earnings, in which they outlined what effect the ongoing crisis...
Reduce Remote Working Cyber Attacks
Many of us have realized over the past few weeks that the IT infrastructure for communications we once took for granted now plays an important role in our day-to-day lives – and a critical role in our new reality. We need reliable, secure connectivity to...
Getting Drones, Robots, Self-driving Cars & AI Systems to Work Together
How do you disinfect a hospital from COVID-19 without putting any humans at risk? How do you get autonomous drones to help search and rescue teams find people who have gotten lost or had an accident while hiking? In pretty much the same way you automate a factory. By...
How Medical Robots Will Help Treat Patients in Future Outbreaks
Nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers form the front line in the fight against pandemics. Not only are they needed to treat sick patients, but they also put themselves at high risk of contracting the disease themselves. In the COVID-19...
WeFarm: Social Network Keeps Farmers Connected through COVID
The current global pandemic is helping us to appreciate the many people that keep the world ticking over without us realising, particularly when it comes to food. From the delivery drivers bringing food supplies to our doors to those keeping supermarket shelves...
States Expand Internet Voting Experiments Amid Pandemic, Raising Security Fears
Election officials nationwide are preparing for what may the highest election turnout in modern history in the middle of a pandemic. In response, several states will be turning to a relatively new and untested form of Internet-based voting to aid the voters who may...
Deepfakes and AI: Fighting Cybersecurity Fire with Fire
Today, the most successful and damaging cyberattacks are executed by highly professional criminal networks rather than “lone-wolf” hackers. These criminal organizations have also become highly adept at leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)...
