The Innovation Report
New Traffic Signals In Springboro Will Use AI To Ease Congestion
New traffic signals will be installed in Springboro that city officials say will use smart technology to help ease road congestion. City Council on Thursday approved a resolution to replace the controller units in all 16 of the city’s managed traffic signals with new...
Tiny Spacecraft Could Travel Across Interstellar Space With This ‘Trampoline’ Lightsail
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry tiny spacecraft to distant star systems. The new findings detail a method to measure the force of laser light on what are known as...
Green Hydrogen Plane Plans For Nonstop 9-Day Trip Around Earth
When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about climate change but held little promise of revolutionizing air travel. Now, the 66-year-old Swiss...
Humanoid Robot Manufacturer Apptronik Raises $350M
Apptronik, a University of Texas spin-out that was quietly building humanoid robots before it became quite so fashionable, on Thursday announced a $350 million Series A round of financing. B Capital and Capital Factory co-led the round, which also featured...
Lyft To Roll Out Autonomous Rides In 2026
Rideshare company Lyft will bring another self-driving technology to the North Texas market, one of its co-founders announced Monday. The company previously announced in November it would launch self-driving cars in Atlanta. Now, the company says its autonomous...
Global Auto Mobility Engineering Careers Tour – Featuring MSU Formula Racing Team
Global Auto Mobility, with the support of Astemo, is continuing to add content to the Engineering Careers Tour. The tour is a series of events that looks at educational institutions, industry leaders, and the students who are the future of engineering, Today we are...
Amazon Is Using 7 Lakh Robots To Do Variety Of Tasks Alongside Human Employees
The journey of Amazon's robotics division began in 2012 with the acquisition of Kiva Systems for $775 million. The early robots, designed by Kiva, primarily followed barcode markers on the warehouse floor to navigate and transport items. However, over a decade later,...
Nexar Announces Open Dataset and Nexar Dashcam Crash Prediction Challenge To Advance Collision Prediction
Nexar Announces Open Dataset and Nexar Dashcam Crash Prediction Challenge To Advance Collision Prediction NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexar , a leader in AI-powered mobility solutions, today announced the release of a groundbreaking open dataset and the...
Powering Cities Through Winter: A Clean, Green Solution for Heavy-Duty Performance
Powering Cities Through Winter: A Clean, Green Solution for Heavy-Duty Performance Approved Oil Company Explains the Benefits of Renewable Diesel NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Winter storms may present challenges, but they also offer an opportunity to...
Shoppers Will Love New Data On Used EV Battery Health
The car-shopping sites Autotrader and KBB.com have begun publishing scores for the battery health of thousands of used electric vehicles. The information comes straight from the vehicles’ onboard diagnostic systems. The sites’ information is months...
