DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


HONDA 75th ANNIVERSARY BRINGS NEW SPORTS CAR




                                        Source:  Honda


  • Honda will mark its 75th anniversary in business this fall with a new sports car that is expected to be a very modern successor to its iconic S2000 that dates back to 1999 and went out of production 2009
  • It's expected to be a performance sports car, likely electric, very sporty and aerodynamic
  • The next-G S2000 is something Honda has wanted to do for some time
  • The original S2000 was a front-mid engine, open top, 237 hp crowd pleaser
  • Honda has been teasing about 2, new electric sports cars recently -- a battery-powered S2000 and an all-electric NSX
  • The 75th anniversary sports car would be a standout component of Honda's $40 billion EV push with 30 new electric models by 2030.

ALL-PURPOSE ROBOT FOR THE WORKPLACE


                                                        Source:  Sanctuary AI

  • British Columbia-based Sanctuary AI has a new, powerful humanoid robot named Phoenix powered by AI and ready for real work in the workplace
  • 5'7" tall, 155 pounds with 3 mph speed, it's directed by an advanced AI software system called Carbon that makes it a big multi-tasker
  • In a pilot program at the Canadian Tire Corporation, Phoenix successfully performed more than 110 different tasks or 40% of all the tasks that need to be performed at the store
  • Sanctuary designed Phoenix to be a general purpose robot that fills gaps in the labor market - calling it "labor as a service business model"
  • The robots can be deployed by customers with no capital investment or changes to the workplace needed
  • This appears to be a different and seamless approach to integrating robots into the workplace.

WORLD'S 1ST AI POWERED SMART HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER

                        



                                                            Source:  Bird Buddy & Stock

  • Bird Buddy, owned by Michigan-based startup Tech For Nature, just launched the world's 1st AI powered, smart Hummingbird feeder & smart bird bath
  • The AI powered smart hummingbird feeder can identify 350 species & take photos and videos of their visits
  • Designed to provide close-up views of birds, butterflies & bees
  • Feeder comes with or without solar roof, camera with 5 megapixels, HD video, 120-degree field of view & built-in microphone
  • Photos & videos can be viewed on smartphone and tablet
  • Smart Bird Bath captures pics and videos of birds in Smart Bird Bath
  • 100,000 Smart Bird Feeders have been sold globally
  • Tech For Nature is currently on Kickstarter to raise $100,000. and offering pre-order discounts up to 25% on some products through June 16, 2023.
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