The Industry Innovation Report
GPS Jammers Used to Hijack Trucks and Down Drones
Satellite navigation and tracking via GPS has become a critical link in the world's rapidly growing logistics and freight carrying ecosystem. Companies use GPS to track trucks and keep them on time and their cargo secure. Little wonder, then, that criminals are...
Capturing Defunct Satellites and Other Space Junk
More than half of the thousands of satellites in orbit are now defunct, and this accumulation of floating space debris has been described as a "fatal problem" for current and future space missions and human space travel. An estimated 130 million objects smaller than...
Here’s What City Will See Autonomous Buses This Year
While most of the focus of autonomous tech developers of late has been on robotaxis—specifically, on their pilot deployment in the Bay Area—other vehicle types are also being tested with Level 4 operation in mind. This month autonomous tech developer Fusion...
Autonomous Stores: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
Retailers and convenience stores have increasingly invested heavily in technology, especially mobile applications, that enable customers to do much of the shopping legwork from home. Are autonomous stores the next big thing in retail tech?...
Biden Announces $900M for EV Infrastructure at Detroit Auto Show
The president announced approval of the first $900 million in infrastructure money to build EV chargers across 53,000 miles of the national highway system in 35 states. Biden traveled to the massive North American International Auto Show to plug the huge new climate,...
NASA is Planning a Permanent Moon Base. What Will It Take to Build?
The most powerful rocket ever built sits on a launchpad in Florida. Over an intercom, crowds of onlookers listen to the countdown – “4, 3, 2…” – and then the bottom of the rocket begins to rumble. The vibrations first travel through the soles of the watchers’ feet and...
Small Cities Glide Commutes with Rapid Mobility Options
Imagine busy roads packed with traffic, your important pending tasks, and a paucity of time to finish them all. As one travels amid bustling cities, noises of loud horns and roadblocks, the narrow passages between queued-up cars make us ponder a better alternative for...
Harvard Scientist: Alien Technology Sitting on Ocean Floor
In 2019, a cigar-shaped object known as 'Oumuamua was spotted zipping through the inner solar system and, peculiarly, speeding up while making its exit, seemingly in defiance of the physics of a quotidian asteroid. There are plenty of mundane hypotheses about why...
These 3 Companies Will Help NASA Build Lunar Vertical Solar Arrays
NASA has tapped three companies to help develop new solar arrays to power Artemis missions to the moon by astronauts and robots. The space agency this month awarded a total of $19.4 million to the companies Astrobotic Technology, Honeybee Robotics and Lockheed...
New CEO: VW to Speed Up EV Transition
Volkswagen will accelerate its transition towards electric vehicles, but needs to find the right "rhythm" as it makes the shift, new Chief Executive Oliver Blume said at an internal conference on Thursday, the first day of his tenure. At a gathering of global top...
