The Innovation Report
MIT Robot Self-assembles Like a Transformer
When we watched the first Transformers movie, most of us wanted our toasters and washing machines to turn into cool robots. Now, MIT has developed a set of self-assembling robot blocks that can identify each other. These robots, called M-Blocks 2.0, have a...
New Battery Could Charge an Electric Car in 10 Minutes
Forget the 10 hours it can take to charge your Tesla Model X. A new battery, created by researchers at Penn State, can complete a charge in as little as 10 minutes. Described in a report published today in Joule, the new lithium-ion battery could...
UPS Strikes Agreements to Use Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies
United Parcel Service Inc. is striking a series of drone-delivery agreements with health-care groups as it develops new technology pitched to the growing medical market. The plans include expanding the use of drones to deliver cargo such as medical samples...
This Robot Wants to Wear Your Face
Got a "kind and friendly" face? Don't mind the idea of your mechanized doppelganger stiffly trodding the planet? You could be close to $130,000 richer. A British engineering and manufacturing firm called Geomiq has put out a call for people interested in being the...
Firedome Raises $10M to secure IoT Devices against Hacking
Billions of devices are expected to be connected to the internet by 2030, according to Cisco, a chunk of which will be highly vulnerable to intrusion and data breach. Hewlett-Packard Enterprise reported in a recent study that as many as 70% of...
Smart Cities: Pathway to Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Adoption
At the recent Blockchain LIVE 2019 hosted annually in London, I had the pleasure of giving a talk on Next Generation Infrastructure: Building a Future for Smart Cities. What exactly is a “smart city?” The term refers to an overall blueprint...
Europe’s Switch to Electric Cars Accelerating
Europeans who want to buy a Honda powered exclusively by gasoline or diesel need to act quickly. The Japanese carmaker announced Wednesday that it will sell only electric and hybrid vehicles in Europe starting in 2022, three years earlier than previously...
Huawei Working On 5G Radar Tech for Self-Driving Cars
Huawei is a Chinese technology company that has had a difficult time in the U.S. recently, with the U.S. Department of Justice unseeing indictments in January saying the company stole intellectual property, obstructed justice and committed fraud. CNET put together a...
5G: Pentagon Asks Tech Sector For Help
The Defense Department will release a draft Request For Proposals next month, asking the private sector for ideas on how to apply 5G network technology to military purposes — including fixing glaring security problems with the new technology. After...
With AI, Machines Read Brain Scans
A computer algorithm developed by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and UC Berkeley bested two out of four expert radiologists at finding tiny brain hemorrhages in head scans — an advance that one day may help doctors treat patients...
