DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

ALEF's FLYING CAR MODEL A IS SOARING

Source: ALEF

California-based flying car company ALEF Aeronautics has secured 2500 orders for its $300,000 flying and driving car Model A and the sales are surging - $750 million in pre-orders
The company is achieving a number of firsts including:

1st flying car company to win FAA approval for a Special Airworthiness Certificate to perform extensive R&D on Model A including flying
1st flying car company to sell the vehicle through a car dealership
alef could provide the first US flights in a personal car

ALEF CEO Jim Dukhovny says he's close to starting hand-made production, then will start automated manufacturing and seek full FAA certification to fly.

GOOGLE'S NEXT-G OF MULTI-TASKING AI ROBOTS

Source: Google DeepMind & Stock

Google DeepMind (UK-US AI lab subsidiary) just unveiled a new RT-2 system, the first Vision, Language, Action (VLA) model that takes AI enabled robots to the next level of functionality and control
RT-2 stands for Robotic Transformer and this new AI empowered tech is transformative
Google's goal is to build general purpose robots that can reason, problem solve and interpret information to perform a wide range of tasks in the real world
The new system was trained on text data and images from the internet - very similar to the large language models at AI chatbots like ChatGPT
RT-2 is designed to continuously learn from multiple data sources, adapt to new circumstances and perform new functions that it hasn't been trained to do
AI is empowering this new robotic system to create new robots that uniquely adapt to new situations and environments with valuable new capabilities.

DRINKING WINE FOR HEALTHY SKIN

Source: Stock & Muscadine grapes

A new study by scientists at the University of Florida has found that red wine helps to maintain youthful skin
They specifically discovered that Muscadine wine, made from Muscadine grapes, helped sagging skin retain its elasticity and moisture
The scientists used de-alcoholised wine because they were focused on bioactive compounds, specifically polyphenols, which they believe are responsible for the benefits
In the research a group of 40-to-67-year-old women drank 2 glasses of wine a day and showed improved skin with more elasticity and water retention after 6 weeks, compared to another group of women who took placebos
This new research was just presented to the 2023 American Society for Nutrition Annual Conference in Boston
Red wine, rich in antioxidants, is known for health benefits including preventing heart disease, improving memory and lowering cholesterol
The researchers don't know how alcohol might have changed the results
Cheers!!!

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