DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

AI TURNING SKETCH OR PHOTO INTO ART

Source: Qualcomm

Smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has unveiled a new AI tool that can turn a sketch or photo with text into a work of art
The generative AI artwork is produced by Qualcomm's new product ControlNet that doesn't need the internet & doesn't upload the data to the Cloud, thereby keeping it private
It creates the artwork in 12 seconds
ControlNet is a 1.5 billion parameter image-to-image model that runs on an average smartphone
Can generate artwork from text prompts, images or both simultaneously
Delivers precise control over image generation by "conditioning" input image with input text directions on how it should be edited
ControlNet is a class of generative AI algorithm known as language vision model
Hasn't been released yet but it's expected to be offered as a major mobile phone app
Has all the indications of an exciting new use of AI.

NASA'S NEW ECO-FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL JET

Source: NASA & Boeing

NASA & Boeing have unveiled a revolutionary commercial jet that cuts emissions 30%
An experimental X-plane, the Boeing-NASA X-66A is designed to test new innovative technologies and to help aviation fly toward Net-Zero travel
It's a Boeing jet that can carry up to 210 passengers but with a huge structural and aerodynamic difference - the wings
Called Transonic truss-braced wings, the wings are longer, thinner, much more efficient, make more use of gliding and use less fuel
This is the 1st X-plane created with the goal to help the US achieve carbon-free aviation by 2050
NASA is investing $425,000,000., Boeing $725,000,000. and the USAF will be test flying it
NASA expects this plane to usher in a "new era" of aircraft
Expected to fly in 2028 & Boeing expects to have a fleet of them by 2035.

CATERHAM'S EXCITING NEW CAR CONCEPT

Source: Caterham V

British luxury automaker Caterham has the automotive world buzzing about the mid-July unveiling of an all-electric new sedan concept currently called Project V
This, just a month after it unveiled its critically acclaimed EV7 very retro, roadster development project
V promises a radically new design, being innovated by Italdesign, which will custom build the EVs at its Turin, Italy headquarters
Caterham says the new V will remain true to the automaker's core values of simplicity, lightness and a driver centric experience.

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