The Industry Innovation Report
Night Vision and Artificial Intelligence Reveal Secrets of Spider Webs
Even people who aren’t fans of spiders can appreciate the intricate beauty of their webs. It’s even more fascinating when you consider the fact that the arachnids have tiny brains, yet somehow can build these geometrically precise creations. Now, scientists at Johns...
Access to EVs is an Environmental Justice Issue
The shift to electrified transport represents a societal and technological change on par with the industrial revolution, the New Deal and the more recent digitalization of everything. The effects will have lasting impacts on our economy and built environment. The...
Water-Absorbing Material Inspired by Plant Roots Could Power Robots
Plants may have no muscles, but they can grow upwards against the strain of gravity and their roots can even shift soil and rocks – because their cells can absorb water to form strong structures. Now an artificial material which mimics this ability could help to...
How Robots Could Help Solve US Recycling Problem
Recycling on a large scale has always proved to be a challenging endeavor, especially as the production of plastic surged exponentially after the 1970s. But new technology made to streamline the process may help the U.S. make strides in eliminating the amount of...
The Next Big Thing in EVs: Classic Cars
In 1958, a now-iconic Rolls-Royce advert promised passengers that, despite its eight-cylinder aluminum engine, the loudest noise would be its electric clock. Six decades later, modern technology is making good on that promise. "Henry Royce built those cars...
Dangerous Drones: Increase in Illegal Drone Flights Causes Grounded Flights, Issues for Firefighters
Flying a drone is one of the easiest, and now cheapest, ways to get a bird's eye view of almost anything. Yet as more people catch the drone bug, those unmanned aircraft are showing up where they shouldn't. "Drones can cause major concerns for aircraft, not just...
Electric Vehicles, Clean Mobility Key to Michigan’s Automotive Future, Coalition Says
Major state investment in electric vehicle infrastructure and workforce training – apart from any federal dollars – would start Michigan on the road to lead the nation’s clean mobility industry, advocates argued from the steps of state’s capitol building. Nonprofit...
New AI Tool Predicts Amazon Deforestation and Fires
Radix Engineering’s latest project was helping develop PrevisIA, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that predicts Amazon deforestation hotspots and prevent future losses. The project, developed for Imazon with Microsoft and the Vale Fund,...
Autonomous Robot Demonstration in International Space Station
Tokyo space startup Gitai Japan successfully conducted a technology demonstration of its autonomous robotic arm inside the International Space Station last week, a key milestone as the company prepares to provide robotics as a service in space. The S1...
What Makes Smart Cities Smart
In general, cities and habitats are posing a dire need to be more connected, more innovative, and more citizen-centric. Technology has played -and will continue to play- a significant role in designing solutions to address the problem statements that citizens and the...
