The Industry Innovation Report
Electric Drone Taxi Dubbed ‘Tesla of the Skies’ Takes Flight in Paris
German aircraft manufacturer Volocopter flew its electric helicopter in air traffic for the first time when it took to the skies in Paris on November 10. The aircraft, known as the VoloCity, resembles a large drone with eight rotors and space for two people. The...
UK: EV Drivers to Pay Road Tax from April 2025
Electric cars will no longer be exempt from vehicle excise duty from April 2025, the chancellor has said. Announcing the change as part of his Autumn Statement, Jeremy Hunt said the move was designed to make the motoring tax system "fairer". The RAC motoring group...
New AI Tool Predicts When a Bank Should Be Bailed Out by Taxpayers
An artificial intelligence tool could help governments decide whether or not to bail out a bank in crisis by predicting if the intervention will save money for taxpayers in the long term. The AI tool, developed by researchers at University College London (UCL) and...
AV Technology Provides Non-intrusive Exploration on Western Pacific Island
Griffith University researchers are using the same technology that helps control automated vehicles and is used in speed cameras to find ancient sites in the Mariana Islands. Published in the Journal of Computer Application in Archaeology, the paper explores the...
Want to Build in the Metaverse? These Robots Will Help
RobotEra is a brand new metaverse project that allows gamers to take on the role of a robot, and to then develop on their own plot of land in any way that they please. A metaverse focused on robots is filling a niche that hasn’t previously been explored, and the team...
Robots and RPA May Soon Change How We Live and Work
From the classic novels of Isaac Asimov to the Star Wars franchise on the big screen, robots have been a fixture of futuristic science fiction for decades. Today, robots and robotic process automation are taking on new roles in both the business and consumer...
Apple to Spend $450M on Satellite Services for iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS
To support the Emergency SOS feature for the iPhone 14, Apple plans on spending $450 million to help expand the satellite networking infrastructure across the US. A majority of the funding will go to Globalstar, the satellite communications provider...
5G-enabled Farms Could Ward Off Food Insecurity
Thirty miles north of Seattle, the urban landscape thins out into agricultural lowlands. There lies Swans Trail Farms, a family-owned operation that focuses on agritourism and events with apple orchards, a corn maze, a pumpkin patch, and strawberry fields. But Swans...
Mexico: Feds Can’t Mandate Biometric SIM Registration
AT&T Mexico is offering customers biometric authentication to open and secure their accounts. The identity authentication and digital contract holds the same legal authority as a paper contract and enrolment process, according to the telecommunications company....
NB 5G-IoT: Next Big Thing in Space Industry
For the past decade, we’ve been witnessing a revolution in the space industry. Significant technological advancements, such as the rapid adoption of cubesat technology, reusable rockets and the rapid evolution of microprocessors have lowered the barrier to entry,...
