The Industry Innovation Report
Kodiak Robotics Wins US Army Self-Driving Contract
Kodiak Robotics Inc., a self-driving technology company active in trucking, announced in a blog post this month that the Army and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) selected it for a 24-month, $49.9 million agreement to adapt its self-driving platform, Kodiak Driver,...
Raising Cash to Bring Computer Vision to Smart Cane
WeWalk, a U.K.-based startup developing a “smart cane” for visually-impaired people, today announced it has raised £2 million ($2.4 million) in venture funding from several notable institutional and angel investors — this includes Manchester City and German...
Detroit: Stark Drones, a Moonshot Technology Startup, Planning Equity Crowdfunding Campaign
A Michigan-based startup known as Stark Drones has already been making strides throughout its launch schedule, including a telemetry internet balloon test that was done in Harbor Beach earlier this year. Focused on various forms of advanced research and technology,...
How 5G Can Help Enable a Connected Planet: Massive IoT
When discussing the impending 5G era, the focus tends to be on the incredibly high speeds and low latency promised, as well as the ability to automate processes, vehicles and machines. While these are undoubtedly very exciting aspects of 5G, they're certainly not the...
Entry-Level EVs: 7 Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles You Can Buy for Under $40,000
The have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too feeling of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHEVs, is probably why a survey of nearly 500 PCMag readers overwhelmingly voted them as the electric cars they’d be most likely to buy in the next five years. Unlike a traditional...
AI Helps Solar to Shine
Far removed from dystopian sci-fi, artificial intelligence (AI) now serves as an omnipresent facilitator across industries and markets. While we may not think about it, AI and machine-learning algorithms are already integral to common daily activities, but intelligent...
San Francisco Reverses Approval of Lethal Police Robots
In November, the San Francisco Police Department proposed approving the use of remote-controlled robots with deadly force. This was after a law came into effect requiring California officials to define the authorized use of military-grade equipment. It would have...
Virgin Orbit: First UK Space Launch from Cornwall Faces Delay
We're going to have to wait a little longer to see the first ever orbital space launch from UK soil. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company had pencilled in next Wednesday for the historic Cornwall flight, but it is now going to slip until after Christmas. The...
Apple Scales Back Ambitious AV Debut
Apple has reportedly scaled back the debut of its self-driving electric vehicle, delaying the car's targeted launch date to 2026. Citing people with knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg reported Monday that the project — known as Project Titan — has been in limbo...
How Blue Tech Innovations Improve Our Oceans
Throughout history, we have relied on our oceans for food, jobs, recreation, and even the air we breathe. But this relationship has been one-sided for centuries, as we have taken resources from our oceans with no regard for their natural limits Blue Tech is the...
