The Innovation Report
Walmart: Autonomous Grocery Delivery in Houston
The world's largest retailer said Tuesday it has teamed up with Nuro, a Mountain View, California-based autonomous vehicle startup, to pilot grocery deliveries in Houston. Nuro, founded in 2016, has already raised $1 billion in funding, according to Crunchbase....
IIoT And Field Apps: The Future Of The Industrial Connected Worker
Harnessing the industrial internet of things (IIoT) has arguably become the biggest strategic priority for industrial companies in the race to gain competitive advantage through digital transformation. Through the implementation of IIoT systems, industrial companies...
LA Goal: Electric Cars to be 80% of New Vehicles by 2028
The plan is to produce a 25% drop in air pollution by the time the Olympics arrive in Los Angeles. What becomes of California's waiver process and its ability to set stricter emissions and fuel economy standards will be up to the courts, following moves by the Trump...
Toyota: $50M Investment in Mich Autonomous Shuttle Startup May Mobility
May Mobility, a Michigan-based startup that is operating autonomous shuttle services in three U.S. cities, has raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Toyota Motor Corp. The funding, which comes less than a year after May Mobility raised $22 million, will be...
Orbion Partners with DOD on Satellite Propulsion
Michigan-based in-space propulsion startup Orbion is working with a major new partner: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Orbion has secured a research contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate, specifically aimed at helping the...
Cybersecurity in the Age of AI
AI is reshaping the landscape of cyber defense. As new security fissures open up, threat analysts deploy more powerful tools to prevent and respond to attacks. Nicole Eagan, CEO of Darktrace, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss the escalating arms race in this new...
Riding A Blockchain Wave To Supply Chain Paradise
Blockchain technology as a potential solution has been applied to all of the large ecosystems that have issues with real-time data access, partners privacy, traceability and auditability. The supply chain ecosystem is no exception to that, as typical product recalls...
Autonomous Vehicles Could Complement Link Service In Bellevue
Bellevue made national news earlier this year when Amazon surprised the country by announcing it would relocate its worldwide operations team, and thousands of jobs, to Bellevue by 2023. Like many other cities around the country, Bellevue had thrown its hat in the...
US Cities Where Robots Impact Jobs
The use of robots in U.S. workplaces has more than doubled since the Great Recession, but the impact has hit certain areas of the country — and segments of workers — more than others. A recent report from The Century Foundation found Midwestern states such as...
Smart Cities Can Help Us Tackle The Climate Crisis
There is no longer any credible reason to deny our part in the climate crisis. We are now facing the destruction of vital ecosystems, and every year 12.6 million people die because of environmental pollution. Cutting edge smart city technologies may be our most useful...
