The Innovation Report
American Drivers Warming to Self-driving Cars
About 40% of adult Americans drivers are leaning more to buying self-driving cars in the future as they look to snack, chat on their phone or catch up on email while the car drives itself, a survey by Adobe Analytics showed on Wednesday. The survey of 1,040 American...
2020 Detroit Auto Show Mobility Challenge Participants Named
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer named Tuesday the five corporate mobility challenge participants that will offer autonomous vehicle rides for attendees of the 2020 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The offerings will provide autonomous services...
Ethiopia Uses Drones to Improve Food Security
A former JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst is using drones and satellites to boost Ethiopia’s agricultural exports and improve food security in a nation once synonymous with famine. Africa’s second most populous country, still struggles to feed itself. But...
This City Runs on its own Operating System
Hull has just added its name next to Las Vegas, Copenhagen and Jaipur on the list of smart cities around the world, as the Yorkshire port city begins using what it is calls its own operating system to centralise data management and manage resources more...
Hyundai to Invest $34.6B in Mobility by 2025
Hyundai Motor Group said it plans to invest 41 trillion won ($34.6 billion) in mobility and other auto technologies by 2025, part of which will be directed to an ambitious effort to become more competitive in self-driving cars that has also received government...
3 Top Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Watch in October
Artificial intelligence, otherwise known as AI, gets lots of attention for its potential to reshape nearly every tech industry and, more ominously, that it could one day make many jobs obsolete. While it may seem like AI's influence over the technology...
Implementing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in Medical Device Manufacturing
“A lot of machine shops are stuck in the 20th century,” Lou Zhang, chief data scientist at MachineMetrics, recently told MD+DI. “Basically, they have machines sitting on their floors that are running and they're making parts, but nobody really knows, besides...
EY Unveils Public Finance Blockchain to Track Government Spending
Big Four auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) has launched a blockchain platform for public funds meant to enhance transparency. Technology news outlet Verdict reported on the launch on Oct. 16. The OpsChain Public Finance Manager (PFM) system enables...
AI-Powered Robots Are 3D-Printing Entire Rockets
For a factory where robots toil around the clock to build a rocket with almost no human labor, the sound of grunts echoing across the parking lot make for a jarring contrast. “That’s Keanu Reeves’ stunt gym,” says Tim Ellis, the chief executive and cofounder of...
Hyundai Investing $35B in Autonomous Driving and Electric Cars
Hyundai does not intend to be left behind in the high-stakes race to build mass-market electric and self-driving cars. South Korea's largest car company said Tuesday that it plans to invest 41 trillion won ($35 billion) into "future mobility technology" by...
