Daily Innovation Brief by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


YOUR FUTURE FISH AND CHIPS





  • Scientists at Israel's Steakhold Foods in partnership with Singapore's Umami have created the world's first lab grown fish fillet
  • The fish is said to look and taste like the real thing - flaky and melts in your mouth
  • Cells were grown in the lab to create and then 3D print the lab grown fillet
  • This innovation is not just a lab experiment, the scientists are taking their fish to commercial markets for sale within a few months
  • The scientists expect to be able to lab produce a number of varieties of species for human consumption
  • What are the benefits:  avoids more depletion of dwindling fish stocks and possibly enables greater quality control of the fish.

MERCEDES TO BUILD EVs LIKE A RACE CAR


                                        Source:  Mercedes


  • Mercedes is seeking help and expertise from its Formula 1 race design team to vastly improve the efficiency of its EVs
  • In an unprecedented strategic move, Mercedes has integrated the F1 team into the engineering process to develop mass market EVs
  • Mercedes hopes to cut development time to mass market production by 25%
  • This collaboration is unprecedented as it mixes racing car highly advanced technologies with the racing car design mindset onto consumer cars
  • Some of the edges MB is looking for from the F1 team: greater efficiencies from engines, electric motors, aerodynamics, rolling resistance and speed - all to improve performance and costs
  • MB believes this is a huge competitive move against Tesla, which doesn't have a comparable F1 team.



EUROPE EXCELERATES HYPERSONIC PASSENGER PLANE RACE



                                                                Source:  Destinus 

  • Swiss hypersonic aircraft startup Destinus is quietly and efficiently developing a hypersonic passenger plane, set to make its inaugural flight at the end of this year
  • Destinus 3 is hydrogen powered and travels at 5-times the speed of sound
  • It's designed to cut travel time by 75%, flying from Frankfurt to Dubai in 90 minutes or Frankfurt to Sydney in 4 hours & 15 minutes
  • Some differentiators for Destinus 3
  1. Fully autonomous during development and possibly in commercialization
  2. Fully hydrogen powered with zero emissions
  3. Very long range
  • By 2030s, Desinus plans to launch small hypersonic planes that carry up to 25 passengers
  • By 2040, company plans to launch large, full scale, hypersonic, hydrogen powered passenger planes
  • This company's development process has been methodically on track and it is clearly an aviation startup to watch develop.

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