The Innovation Report
AI comes to Slurpees and Big Macs
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven revealed last week during the Re-Work A.I. conference in San Francisco that it had opened an experimental cashierless store in Dallas in November. Shahmeer Mirza, a 7-Eleven machine learning engineer, said people can pick up what they...
GM: AV Industry Worth $1T
The global autonomous vehicle industry is an $8 trillion market opportunity, according to General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit Cruise. Dan Ammann, CEO of the GM majority-owned autonomous vehicle subsidiary, on Wednesday said that valuation includes autonomous...
Tech for Elderly & Caregivers
“Every year I travel the globe to discover the latest and greatest in assistive technologies,” says Lisa Cini, President /CEO, Mosaic Design Studio and BestLivingTech.com. “The things that we take for granted in our youth can become difficult as we age, like balancing...
Ocean-Ready Tech & Fish Farming
Around the world, the appetite for seafood continues to grow. Per-capita consumption of fish products has gone from 22 pounds annually in the 1960s to more than 46 pounds today. With marine environments under increasing pressure and wild fisheries unable to satisfy...
Ford Plans Mobility Test Site at Michigan Central
As part of its planned $740 million campus development project in Detroit’s Corktown, Ford is planning a vehicle testing site behind the once-abandoned Michigan Central Station. The land was already earmarked to serve as home base for the company’s latest mobility...
Blockchain and 5G in Developing Countries
The biggest topic in the mobile industry over the last few years has been 5G. In an industry that has been starved for innovation in this interregnum between the launch of the iPhone and the full-scale integration of next-generation technologies like augmented...
GM Invests $2.2B to Build EVs in Detroit Plant
General Motors will invest $2.2 billion to overhaul its Detroit-Hamtramck facility to be the automaker’s first fully dedicated assembly plant for electric vehicles, which will be powered by battery cells manufactured in Lordstown. The automaker Monday announced the...
US Grounds 800+ Drones
The Interior Department has grounded its fleet of more than 800 drones, citing potential cybersecurity risks and the need to support U.S. drone production – suggesting the move is aimed at least in part at China, a leading drone producer. Interior Secretary David...
Inside Egypt’s Smart City
Egypt is busy building a new – as yet unnamed – capital, designed to be the country's new administrative hub and home to more than 6.5 million residents. The new capital will cover 700 square kilometers, or 270 square miles, making it about the size of Singapore, and...
UK: 3 Required Security Features for Consumer Devices
All Internet of Things and consumer smart devices will need to adhere to specific security requirements, under new government proposals. The aim of the legislation is to help protect UK citizens and businesses from the threats posed by cyber criminals increasingly...
