The Industry Innovation Report
Detroit Engineering Professor Named Notable Leader in EV
When the U.S. Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration decided to provide online training in automotive technology for NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation, they contacted Weisong Shi. “Dr. Shi is a world-renowned expert in...
Piece of Paper and Metal Foil Is All You Need to Eavesdrop 6G Transmissions
The new high-tech 6G wireless technology could be hacked in five minutes using a piece of office paper, an inkjet printer, a metallic foil transfer, and a laminator. The security flaw which would allow hackers to eavesdrop on 6G wireless signals was discovered by...
Biden Admin: Using Algorithms and AI for Hiring Risks Violating ADA
The Biden administration announced Thursday that employers who use algorithms and artificial intelligence to make hiring decisions risk violating the Americans with Disabilities Act if applicants with disabilities are disadvantaged in the process....
Scotts Miracle-Gro to Use American Robotics’ Autonomous Drones for Crop Analysis
American Robotics, a below visible line of sight (BVLOS) drone company, announced this week that the ScottsMiracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) had chosen American Robotics to provide daily data collection and analytics capabilities using the FAA-approved Scout...
New Imaging Method Makes Tiny Robots Visible In The Body
Microrobots have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Researchers at the Max Planck ETH Centre for Learning Systems have now developed an imaging technique that for the first time recognizes cell-sized microrobots individually and at high resolution in a living...
CA Desert Could Hold Key to Powering America’s EVs
The Salton Sea Basin feels almost alien. It lies where two enormous chunks of the Earth's crust, the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate, are very slowly pushing past one another creating an enormous low spot in the land. It's a big, flat gray desert ringed...
EVs Cheaper than Gas-Powered, Depending on State and Incentives
Owning an electric vehicle can save drivers thousands of dollars per year, with $6,000 average savings over the vehicle’s lifetime, but the savings is dependent on rebates, state fees, and the cost of gas and electricity. As gas prices escalate in the United States,...
San Francisco Police are Using Driverless Cars for Surveillance
Have you ever wondered if we live in a cyberpunk dystopia? Could you ever imagine the modern world being called “a dehumanized, high-tech future,” or picture incredibly advanced technology existing only to serve the whims of the few while the many...
Driverless Cars Already Safer Than Human Drivers
People are scared of not being in control. That’s partly why so many of us are more scared of flying than of driving: we’re not the one flying the plane. Even though the drive to the airport is actually more dangerous than the flight, it feels safer, because we’re in...
DARPA is Exploring Ways to Build Big Things in Space
The U.S. military has awarded contracts under a new program to address in-space manufacturing needs, as part of a larger effort to reduce the costs of spaceflight. Space manufacturing could allow humanity to build large structures efficiently, using materials launched...
