Articles from ‘elocal magazine’ in ‘Innovation’

The Government has committed up to $50 million towards two West Coast critical minerals projects, helping fund processing facilities designed to add value to New Zealand's mineral resources before export. Ministers say the investment will support regional jobs while strengthening New Zealand's role in an increasingly strategic global industry. Report by eLocal · Government backs two projects · Two critical minerals developments on the West…

A remotely operated robot has retrieved artifacts from a 16th-century shipwreck more than 1.5 miles beneath the Mediterranean, offering a glimpse into how precision deep-sea robotics is transforming underwater exploration. Guided from a support vessel above, the system used camera-fed navigation and robotic pincers to maneuver across fragile debris fields, capture high-resolution imagery, and recover centuries-old objects without disturbing the…

Air taxis might be the next big thing but they can't get very big if there's no place for them to land. AutoFlight Aviation Technology is developing a vertiport that's essentially a solar-powered barge that can go where it's needed – water permitting. VTOL air taxis based on a new generation of multi-rotor craft might fulfill the promise of the old helicopter passenger services that emerged in America and Britain in the 1940s and 50s, only to…