DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


CORVETTE's 1st HYBRID & AWD VETTE



                                            Source: Corvette

  • New details are starting to emerge about 2, new Corvettes under development:  the C8 Corvette ZR1 and the even more powerful Zora, which is a combination of the ZR1 and the E-Ray
  • Both are expected to come-out in late 2023 or early 2024
  • ZR1 will have an updated version of the 5.5-liter, V-8 LT6 engine with 800 hp, 850 pd-ft of torque and rear wheel drive
  • Zora contains a number of firsts:  its Corvette's 1st hybrid with electric motors working with the updated V-8 LT6 which gives it 1,000 hp
  • Both vehicles have very aerodynamic styling, carbon fiber bodies and are expected to hit new speeds
  • 2-seat sports car, plush, high tech interior
  • Likely to hit the market late this year in the $200,000 price range.

HYDROGEN IS BECOMING THE PREFERRED FUEL FOR NEW PLANES



                             Source: Airbus H-Concept Planes

  • More than 16 million planes takeoff every year in the US, contributing to global planes causing 2.5% of global CO2 emissions
  • To end the CO2 pollution problem from aircraft, major airlines like Airbus and startups like the UK's ZeroAvia & California's Universal Hydrogen are developing hydrogen as a primary, zero-emissions fuel source for aircraft
  • They are betting on hydrogen over electric battery powered planes because of the weight of the electric batteries impeding range
  • Plus hydrogen has many advantages: highest energy per mass of any fuel, longer range, much faster recharge time & it's plentiful
  • Airbus has concept designs for several hydrogen planes and plans to test a hydrogen engine in 2026
  • Startups ZeroAvia and Universal Hydrogen have successfully completed test flights with regional hydrogen planes and hope to start commercial flights by 2025
  • Progress and development of hydrogen planes are steadily moving forward with many experts now saying aviation's future is going to have a large hydrogen fuel system component.

A 1ST: BRINGING ODORS TO VR EXPERIENCE 

                             
        
                    Source:  MIT Technology Review & Stock



  • Scientists from City University of Hong Kong & Beihang University of Beijing have cracked the code on adding odors, like that of flowers, to the experience of virtual reality
  • Why is this so important that it's just been reported by the MIT Technology Review and in numerous scientific journals?
  • Because it has been a vexing technological problem and helps to provide a fuller sensory experience to VR
  • The team did it by using a small, wireless interface allowing the VR user to smell odors along with seeing, hearing and touching the VR images
  • Over the past few years, many cumbersome technologies have been unsuccessfully tried to bring a sense of smell to VR
  • The new approach involves 2 wearable interfaces:  one is like a bandage between the nose & mouth and the other is like a facemask that contains miniaturized odor generators
  • The tech is small, light & wireless; it is still being tested but appears to provide a more immersive experience.

For more news stories like this, FUTURE OF FLYING

"Daily Innovation Brief" © By Edward Kane

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