The Innovation Report
Flying Car Company To Test Futuristic Vehicles In US Airspace: ‘Uses Less Energy Per Trip Than A Tesla’
Self-driving cars are quickly spreading across the country — could flying cars be next? Alef, based in San Mateo, California, has secured agreements with two Silicon Valley airports to test the world's first flying car that can take off vertically from...
Spider-Inspired Magnetic Soft Robots Could Perform Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Tract Procedures
Over the past decades, the incidence of cancer in the GI tract and some other conditions affecting the digestive system has risen substantially. Existing approaches to diagnose and treat GI cancers rely on endoscopy, a medical procedure that entails the inspection of...
California’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Passenger Train Enters Service
Folks in California have just met their newest ride, the hydrogen-powered Zemu train. The official launch took place on September 13, and there was quite a crowd waiting to witness what many consider a historic moment. Zemu is the first of its kind in California and...
New Space Junk Removal Idea: Using Ion Engine Exhaust To Knock Debris Out Of The Sky
Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves a satellite using the plasma exhaust of its ion engine to knock dangerous chunks of space junk into the atmosphere where they can burn up...
Electric Vehicle Sales Grew 25% Worldwide But Just 6% In North America
Here's some good news for a Friday afternoon: For 2025 through August, global electric vehicle sales have grown by 25 percent compared to the same eight months in 2024, according to the analysts at Rho Motion. That amounts to 12.5 million EVs, although the data...
White House Pushes For Patience As Manufacturing Sheds Jobs
American manufacturers are showing signs of struggles hanging onto employees with tariffs increasing the cost of doing business and uncertainty lingering over the economy putting many companies in difficult decisions on how to adjust to a new environment and...
Wayne State University Breaks Ground On $200M Health Sciences Building In Midtown
The groundbreaking ceremony – held at the building’s future site at 545 E. Canfield Street in Midtown Detroit – brought together state, local and university leaders alongside faculty, staff, students and community members. “This new building represents Wayne...
Astemo Engineering Careers Tour: A Fireside Chat
Rick Currie from Astemo, Garth Motschenbacher from MSU, and Global Auto Mobility's John Petty speak with MSU engineering student Keegan Degoede about his Astemo internship and final project. The Engineering Careers Tour explores the ways that universities, students,...
World’s First: Hitachi Energy Powers Up Construction Site With Hydrogen Genset
There’s an odd irony in utility-scale construction: working for the power company doesn’t always mean you have power. That lack of accessible grid power makes it tough to fully decarbonize some construction sites, no matter how committed they are to reducing...
SpaceX Buys $17 Billion Worth Of Satellite Spectrum To Beef Up Starlink Broadband Service
SpaceX has bought $17 billion worth of satellite spectrum from debt-ridden operator EchoStar to enhance Starlink direct-to-cell phone performance. The sale ends EchoStar's plans to build its own constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) that would beam 5G...
