Product Launch

Denver – October 02, 2026 -- Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is constructing its third lunar communications ground station near Yuma, Arizona, advancing the world's first commercial lunar communications network toward full operational status.

Arizona site marks first US 20-meter antenna for KSAT Lunar network

The Yuma location will host the first 20-meter antenna in the United States dedicated to the KSAT Lunar network, which is designed to deliver continuous communications coverage between Earth and the Moon. Site preparation and foundation work are currently underway at the facility.

San Diego – October 02, 2026 -- Avimer Bio and structural biologists at Spain's National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have published computational methods for building self-assembling protein cages with atomic precision, detailed in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). The study tackles a long-standing design challenge: predicting protein architecture when building blocks bend during assembly.

Saline, Michigan – October 02, 2026 -- Toyota Motor North America has opened a 30,000-square-foot Battery Center of North America (TBC) in Saline, Michigan, expanding its capacity to test and develop battery technology across the full production cycle, from raw-material sourcing to recycling.

Facility centralizes battery evaluation for Toyota's North American manufacturing network

TBC will support battery evaluation for Toyota Battery Manufacturing, North Carolina, as well as Toyota's vehicle assembly plants across North America. The center houses engineering and technician teams tasked with assessing battery performance for hybrid, plug-in hybrid, hydrogen, and fully electric vehicle platforms, reflecting Toyota's multi-pathway approach to electrification rather than a single-technology bet.

Toronto – October 02, 2026 -- EAIGLE closed its inaugural Yard of the Future Summit in Toronto by rebranding its gate automation technology as Blue Gate and reporting gate dwell times below 30 seconds with 5x throughput gains at facilities using its computer vision platform.

The two-day event drew more than 100 supply chain leaders from Walmart, P&G, Kraft Heinz, Mondelez, Kimberly-Clark, Staples and Loblaw, including a live demonstration of EAIGLE's gate automation at a Loblaw distribution center.

Gate automation delivers ROI in six months or less, EAIGLE says

Facilities deploying EAIGLE's system report fewer theft and fraud incidents, lower detention fees and reduced turnaround times alongside the throughput and dwell-time improvements. The technology eliminates paper-based workflows and manual audits by converting existing camera infrastructure into computer vision sensors for driver entry and vehicle identification.

San Francisco – October 01, 2026 -- Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) has released the initial session lineup for ONE Summit Japan 2026, set for Dec. 10-11 in Tokyo alongside Open Source Summit Japan.

Tokyo event gathers global networking community to address agentic AI shift

The summit will bring together technologists, operators, researchers and open source contributors to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping network architecture and how networks must evolve to support next-generation AI infrastructure. LFN frames this as one of networking's most significant architectural shifts in decades, with AI functioning simultaneously as a major network workload and as a tool for automating network operations.

Detroit – October 01, 2026 -- DTE Energy has completed construction on the 100-megawatt Cold Creek Solar Park near Coldwater, Michigan, a facility funded through Ford Motor Company's enrollment in DTE's voluntary MIGreenPower renewables program.

Ford commits to up to 650 megawatts of renewable capacity through DTE program

Ford agreed to purchase up to 650 megawatts of renewable energy via DTE's CleanVision MIGreenPower program, which lets businesses attribute their electricity use to Michigan-generated clean power. By the end of 2027, Ford says every vehicle it manufactures in Michigan will be assembled using the equivalent of 100% carbon-free electricity.

Los Angeles – October 01, 2026 -- Clean Power Alliance (CPA) will eliminate generation charges entirely from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for more than 4,000 Southern California households as part of a two-year pilot testing whether zero-cost daytime electricity shifts consumer behavior.

CPA zeroes out generation rates during an eight-hour daily window

Under the Time-Of-Use-SMART (TOU-SMART) pilot, participants will pay $0 per kilowatt-hour for generation during CPA's super-off-peak period, while on-peak charges from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. remain elevated and overnight off-peak rates from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. will rise slightly. CPA estimates customers could save hundreds of dollars annually by shifting activities like EV charging, laundry and HVAC use into daylight hours, with additional savings available to customers enrolled in CPA's EV SmartCharge program.

Seattle – October 01, 2026 -- Electric Era's energy management system correctly predicted all five of PJM's 2026 coincident peak (5CP) events, saving the company's EV fast-charging customers tens of thousands of dollars in capacity charges. The Seattle-based operator runs three fast-charging stations within PJM's grid territory, where utility tariffs retroactively set a site's annual capacity costs based on load during the five highest system-wide demand hours of the summer.

Electric Era's EMS forecast all five 2026 PJM peak events with 97% confidence

PJM gives grid operators no advance notice of its 5CP events, which occurred this year on July 1, July 2, July 15, July 16, and September 1, each between 5-6pm EDT. Electric Era's battery-backed system predicted the timing of all five events with 97% confidence, preconditioned onsite batteries ahead of each window, and dynamically throttled the station's grid draw during the critical hours.

Charlotte, N.C. – October 01, 2026 -- Lucid Bots has unveiled the Sherpa HighLine, a motorized rooftop pulley system that enabled its Sherpa drone to clean exterior surfaces at 280 feet above ground level, a height the company says marks the tallest drone-cleaning operation recorded in the United States.

Drone cleans 23-story Colorado casino tower at 8,000-foot elevation

The late-September operation took place at Monarch Casino Resort Spa in Black Hawk, Colorado, on the property's 23-story hotel tower. The work was completed in partnership with BlackJet Drone Solutions, MG Cleaning Systems and Oklahoma Drone Technologies. Black Hawk sits roughly 8,000 feet above sea level, where lower-density air makes generating lift more demanding for aircraft.

Ann Arbor, Mich. – October 01, 2026 -- Wacker Chemical Corporation will present silicone-based thermal management and thermal runaway protection materials for battery and electronics applications at The Battery Show 2026, running Oct. 12-15 at Huntington Place in Detroit. The company will exhibit at Booth 4422, showcasing products for thermally conductive potting, flexible barrier coatings and thermal interface applications used in mobility systems.

WACKER's ELASTOSIL potting compound offers tunable thermal conductivity from 1.2 to 3.0 W/m-K

ELASTOSIL RT 7650 TC VS A/B is a two-part, low-viscosity, self-leveling silicone potting compound designed for battery pack, power and electronics applications. The material provides primerless adhesion and low sedimentation, which supports easier rehomogenization and more efficient dispensing during manufacturing.