The Industry Innovation Report
Smart Mobility Today: 16 March 2026
What I love and hate about preparing for the podcast is that I read every article that we include -- from beginning to end whether it is a short announcement or a dissertation by a renowned researcher with an unpronounceable name. The downside is that it can be time...
Engineers Make Magnets Behave Like Graphene
Engineers have discovered an unexpected link between two very different realms of physics: the behavior of electrons in graphene and magnetic waves in specially engineered materials. By designing a thin magnetic film with a hexagonal pattern of holes—similar to...
Long Road To AVs Paves The Way For Autonomous Robots
Despite many public predictions that autonomous vehicles (AVs) would be the dominant vehicle platform by 2020, the road to autonomy has been a difficult one, paved with market, technical, legal, and regulatory challenges. However, with more than a decade of investment...
Could NASA Use Expandable Habitats For Its Artemis Moon Bases?
Commercial space infrastructure firm Voyager Technologies is backing lunar habitat developer Max Space with a new multi-million-dollar investment aimed at accelerating development of expandable modules for future missions to the moon. The companies say the partnership...
“Women Leaders In Energy Awards” Honors 16 Trailblazers Powering Asia-Pacific’s Energy Transition
The Battery Show Asia celebrated the inaugural Women Leaders in Energy Awards on March 10, recognizing 16 exceptional women shaping the future of energy across Asia-Pacific. Presented on Asia's most international platform for battery, energy storage, and electric...
Astemo Engineering Careers Tour Meets Nisa Solano
During our visit to Wayne State University in Detroit, Cindy Polakowski and John Petty met with engineering student Nisa Solano. Nisa is a member of the Society of Hispanic Engineers. Video filmed and edited by Detroit Media Productions.
Great Lakes Water Funding Faces a Critical Year in Congress
With a major Great Lakes restoration program set to expire this year and infrastructure funding nearing its end, freshwater advocates traveled to the nation’s capital last week to press Congress to maintain support for clean water programs across the region. Great...
Working Across Borders, Great Lakes Leaders Plan For Region’s Future
The Great Lakes provide water to hundreds of cities and tribal nations, from Chicago to Duluth to Toronto. Despite the distance, local leaders across the region are realizing they have a lot in common. Now, these leaders are joining together to advocate for their...
Humans ‘Catch’ Fear From Robots That Breathe Like They’re Scared
We’ve all instinctively clung to another person when frightened, if only as a child clutching our mother’s hand. But if that person is scared, too, this behavior may not have the desired calming effect. And a new study, published in the journal Emotion,...
These Self-Configuring Modular Robots May One Day Rule The World
We were fascinated to read a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on what the authors are calling “reconfigurable modular robots.” As the name suggests, these robots are composed of multiple parts that can be configured in...
