DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane 


TRIUMPH MAKING A TRIUMPHANT RETURN





                                                                      Source:  BMW

  • The British iconic sports car brand Triumph is making a triumphant return from its 1984 retirement with a stunning, all electric, new concept car
  • BMW owns the Triumph name and has partnered with the London-based automotive design firm Makkina to create the concept as a tribute to Triumph's 100th anniversary
  • Here are some key details on the TR25:
  1. Single-seat roadster
  2. Based on TR2, launched in 1953
  3. Classic touches like round headlights & rounded fenders
  4. Futuristic touches like scissor doors, very aerodynamic styling, 21" alloy wheels
  5. Chassis & body panels are carbon fiber
  6. Minimalist interior
  7. Fully electric with rear-mounted electric motor
  8. 181 hp
  9. Top speed of 115 mph & accelerates 0 to 62 mph in 5.2 seconds
  • TR25 is a concept car but there are many car afficionados hoping BMW quickly puts it into production.


VIRTUIX ALLOWS YOU TO STEP INSIDE VR GAMING & MOVE







                                                                    Source:  Virtuix

  • Austin, TX-based start-up Virtuix is re-defining virtual reality video gaming
  • Its omni-directional VR OMNI One treadmills enable gamers to run, walk and even jump 360-degrees inside video games and virtual worlds
  • The company says the full, freedom of motion capabilities the VR treadmill offers are a world first
  • It's priced at $2595.00
  • They're currently scaling up their business to expand their 300,000 registered player base and significantly increase production of their in-home VR locomotion device
  • Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is a major investor in the company and the company is in a Kickstarter campaign to expand its investment funding.


"BASIC STUFF OF LIFE" FOUND ON MARS





                                            Source:  NASA



  • NASA's Perserverance robotic rover has found diverse traces of preserved organic matter on Mars
  • Organic matter is the "basic building blocks of life"
  • The discovery was made in 2 rock formations on the floor of Jezero Crater, which scientists believe is a top location for finding any evidence of the existence of ancient life on Mars
  • The organic material is estimated to be 2.3 to 2.6 billion years old
  • Finding made by one of Perserverance's instruments SHERLOC or Scanning Habitable Environment Raman & Luminescence Organic & Chemical
  • One of Perserverance's key goals is to determine if Mars hosted life in its ancient past
  • The findings do not confirm that life once existed there but they do build on previous detections of organic molecules by Perserverance's predecessor Curiosity.

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