The Industry Innovation Report
Robot Used During Seven-Hour Operation in First for Nottingham Surgeons
A woman from Mansfield had her bladder removed by a robotic arm during a seven-hour operation in what was a first for surgeons at the NHS trust which runs Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital. The 67-year-old woman had a cystectomy, an operation to remove part or...
Historic Sea Level Rise Predicted by NASA and Government Task Force
As climate change continues to progress, so will its effects. In a new collaborative report, NASA and other U.S. government agencies have found that sea levels will rise up to a foot by 2050. The report, which comes from a sea level rise task force that...
Futuristic Technology at the Olympics: AI, IoT, and Robots
The Olympics are all about emotion – the drama of world-class competition, the pageantry of medal ceremonies, and the moment-to-moment celebrations of the human spirit in action. The 2022 Winter Games kicked off on February 4th in Beijing, China. Despite the fact that...
Let Robots Deal With Customer Complaints, They’re Better At It
Nothing about customer service is easy. You get impatient when you’re the customer and your questions seem to vaporize into thin air. If you’re the rep, you never know when you could get attacked by someone demanding to speak to your manager. What if robots could take...
The Most Common Excuses for Not Buying an Electric Vehicle Are Mostly Unfounded
As more Americans consider an electric car, many shoppers still have questions and concerns — some of which are actually outdated or unfounded. This year will see the release of more electric cars — and even pickup trucks — prompting 27% of likely shoppers to say they...
Despite a Drop in How Many Companies Are Testing Autonomous Driving on California Roads, Miles Driven Are Way Up
Fewer companies tested autonomous vehicles on California’s public roads last year versus the one before — and yet they logged nearly twice as many miles driven, according to data released by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. On Wednesday, the...
Jaguar Land Rover Says All of Its Cars Will Come with Nvidia’s Drive Computers by 2025
Jaguar Land Rover is teaming up with Nvidia to install high-powered computers in its vehicles to enable advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving features. Starting in 2025, all JLR vehicles will come with Nvidia’s end-to-end Drive Hyperion platform installed,...
Don’t Underestimate General Motors in Autonomous Driving
Tesla gets a vast majority of the attention in the autonomous driving space, but there are a lot of other companies vying for market share long term. Alphabet's subsidiary Waymo is one of the market leaders, and Niro is already delivering pizzas autonomously in...
Artificial Intelligence Challenges What It Means To Be Creative
When British artist Harold Cohen met his first computer in 1968, he wondered if the machine might help solve a mystery that had long puzzled him: How can we look at a drawing, a few little scribbles, and see a face? Five years later, he devised a robotic artist...
Ibex Investors’ Newest Fund is Betting on a Mobility Revolution
When Ibex Investors founder and CEO Justin Borus looks at the transportation industry — and the technological changes that are coming — he sees one of the biggest opportunities in a lifetime. And with a fresh $113 million fund focused on early stage mobility...
