The Industry Innovation Report
New AI Method Makes Self-Driving Vehicles Better Drivers
In traffic, humans are used to constantly anticipating what will happen next. This reasoning ability is something that today's self-driving vehicles and AI systems in general are lacking. In a recent study, together with colleagues in Germany and India, Mehul Bhatt...
Industry 4.0: Misunderstood Revolution
Industry 4.0 is like Bitcoin to those in manufacturing. They have heard and talked about it, and most feel like they will be left behind if they don’t invest in it. At the same time, few are sure what Industry 4.0 is, why they need it, or even how to define it. The...
Business Models for Smart Cities in the Digital Era
The global smart cities market is estimated to surpass $2.5 trillion by 2025, according to PwC. As reported by several organizations, cities must rebuild new digital urban ecosystems that are viable in the post-pandemic economy and the next industrial...
A Look Into AVs on Michigan State’s Campus
Michigan State University has worked hard to pave the way for autonomous vehicles. The most recent addition to MSU’s growing autonomous ecosystem: an electric autonomous bus. MSU Mobility is an organization responsible for the creation and study of MSU’s...
How Can Smart Tech Tackle Climate Change?
The recent 2021 IPCC report declared a code red for humanity, with 2019’s atmospheric CO2 concentrations higher than at any time in at least two million years. Our only chance of averting irreversible climate change is to reduce our...
Biden Calls GM Hummer EV ‘One Hell Of A Vehicle’
"Anyone want to jump in the back, or on the roof?" Biden asked reporters after taking a few laps at a General Motors plant. "These suckers are something else!" Biden, a Democrat, signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday and, with his approval...
NASA’s DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse
Our planet is vulnerable to thousands of “city-killer” space rocks. If—when—one is found on a collision course with Earth, will we be ready to deflect it? Back when Andy Rivkin was in college, he had a few friends in medical school. “I was like, oh man, I don’t want...
This Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle Could Be the Future
This battery-electric autonomous machine was tasked with helping construction workers build a solar field on a 1000-acre site. That may sound like lighter duty work than, say, a mining operation or heavy industry tasks, this machine was required to tow a 1600-pound...
Robots Filling Vacant Jobs Amid Ongoing ‘Great Resignation’
The U.S. is struggling with a labor shortage that is hobbling its economic recovery, but companies are not sitting still as they work to keep production up and running. As these job vacancies increase, they are turning to automation to pick up any...
T-Mobile Hits 2021 Goal of 200 Million Covered By ‘Ultra Capacity’ 5G a Few Weeks Early
T-Mobile has announced that its “Ultra Capacity” 5G network now covers over 200 million people in the US, a goal the company had previously set to reach before the end of 2021. T-Mobile uses its “Ultra Capacity” 5G label for its mid-band and mmWave...
