The Innovation Report
Waco Transit Offering Free Rides On Election Day
Election Day is less than two weeks away, and everyone here in Waco has a way to get to the polls. A common reason people don’t go out and vote is due to lack of transportation. To solve that problem, Waco Transit will be providing free rides to the polls on Election...
Robots That Sense The World Through Sound Are More Human-Like
Next month, at the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL 2024) in Munich, Germany, experts from Duke University will introduce the world to SonicSense. This system offers robots a perception capability similar to humans. “We introduce SonicSense, a holistic...
AI To Enable Autonomous Underwater Robots To Maintain Offshore Wind Farms
Maintaining offshore wind turbines could be greatly improved by UNITE, a project developing AI and control systems that allow underwater robots to operate autonomously in turbulent seas. The technology is currently undergoing trials as part of UNITE (Underwater...
Penndot Adopts New AV Guidelines For Driverless Cars In PA
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) adopted new guidelines for highly automated vehicles (HAVs) on Pennsylvania roadways. The new guidelines update Publication 950 to allow certified users to operate autonomous vehicles on the road...
Sotheby’s To Auction Painting By Humanoid Robot In A Futuristic First
In a first for Sotheby’s, the famed auction house will sell a painting made by a humanoid robot — and it’s expected to fetch up to a whopping $180,000. The robot, known as Ai-Da, created the painting of renowned mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing...
Next-Gen 6G Cellular Networks May Be 9,000 Times Faster Than 5G
New reports indicate that next-generation wireless networks could achieve speeds of up to 938 gigabits per second, roughly 9,000 times the speed of current 5G network connections. These next-gen 6G networks are still a long way off, but it would...
Mystery Drones Flew Over US Base
New details are emerging about drones that flew over U.S. military bases last year, though there is still no explanation for where they came from. Air Force officials confirmed several drones flew over Langley Air Force Base in Virginia in December of 2023,...
Nuclear Rockets Could Travel To Mars In Half The Time
This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses nuclear fission and...
GM To Invest $625 Million In Joint Venture To Mine EV Battery Raw Materials In U.S.
General Motors has agreed to establish a joint venture with Lithium Americas Corp. that includes the automaker supplying $625 million in cash and credit to the Canadian mining business, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal is centered on the development,...
Army Closes In On Autonomous Boats To Ferry Supplies Into Battle
The Army is developing requirements to distribute supplies to troops on the battlefield in a contested environment using a network of autonomous boats and aircraft, according to the general in charge of logistics modernization. "Our focus is an...
