The Innovation Report
Inside Meta’s Push To Put Robots To Work In Data Centers
Meta is testing robots that can plug in cables, reset servers, and handle other tasks inside its data centers, according to several current and former workers familiar with the projects. The ongoing effort, which has not been previously reported, may eventually...
Glitch Sends A Dozen Delivery Robots Swarming Chicago Sidewalk
Becca Ostien was on her morning run along North Clark Street when she hit a wall of red. Not traffic. Not construction. A dozen Coco Robotics delivery bots, lights flashing, circling one another in a confused cluster that made the sidewalk effectively impassable. She...
Robots Protest In Poland, Warning AI, Automation Could Take Human Jobs
The machines demanded increased regulation of AI and automation to protect human jobs from being replaced. But this wasn't some kind of Futurama-like scenario where the robots had decided to stick up for us meat sacks. The protest, which saw around 30 robots...
It’s Not About ‘How Do We Replace The Worker?’
From sweeping manufacturing facilities as a teenager to a manufacturing engineering degree and a decade working in sales and business development in manufacturing, Jake Hall has seen various sides of the industry. Today, he is known as the Manufacturing Millennial — a...
NASA Expands Deep Space Network With Giant New Dish In California Desert
NASA's long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons, added a 114-foot (34-meter) radio-frequency antenna in California,...
Mayor: Tariff Uncertainty Shaking Border City ‘To The Core’
Like in its neighbor Detroit, the economy in Rochester Hills, Michigan, is driven by the auto industry. Local businesses make parts for vehicles assembled in the U.S. and Canada using materials from Southeast Asia, Mexico and beyond, Mayor Bryan Barnett told Smart...
Australia: EV Owners Could Save Hundreds Every Year Under Solar Sharer Scheme
Electric car owners could have a new way to save money under a federal government scheme that promises three hours of free electricity. Since the solar sharer plans became available in July, many Australians have been asking – is it possible to save money by...
Automakers Betting On A Different Kind Of EV — Meet The EREV
Several car brands, including Hyundai, Genesis, Ram, Jeep, Ford, and Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors, have announced plans to build extended-range electric vehicles, or EREVs, by the end of 2028. It's a growing industry bet. After years of lower-than-expected EV...
Scientists From Northwestern, Other Institutions Intrigued By Mysterious Signal In Dark Matter Detector
An analysis from what is known as the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment has recorded a particle interaction that might be bringing scientists just one step closer to answers on the matter of dark matter. As Northwestern explained, researchers said the particle interaction cannot...
Michigan Invests $7.5M To Find Out If It’s Sitting On A Clean Energy Gold Mine
Michigan is investing $7.5 million to research geologic hydrogen — a clean energy source buried beneath the state that experts say could help power a transition away from fossil fuels. That’s because when hydrogen fuel burns, the only byproduct is water. There are...
