DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

CLIMATE CHANGE'S IMPACT ON WINE

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Climate Change has had many negative influences on our lives. But according to research from a world-renowned university, there is a standout positive. Here's what we know:

Oxford University researchers have discovered that global warming is improving the quality of wine
Specifically, warmer summers and wetter winters yield better wine
The study took a look at 50 years of wine scores from the Bordeaux wine region
The key finding: with greater warming wines get stronger
Conversely, Climate Change is adversely impacting beer
Global warming's rising temperatures is making lager and IPAs (Independent pale ales) taste more bitter

As we sit back and reflect on the gloom and doom of Climate Change, we can at least raise a glass of Bordeaux and toast Climate Change for one achievement - improving the quality of our wine.

DISNEY'S HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE & CUTE ROBOT

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Disney's new, 2-legged robot is a robotic phenom with charm, personality, balance and plenty of walking moves. Here's what we know:

Walt Disney Imagineering has created a bipedal robot that walks, dances, struts and shows of wide range of emotions - all with naturalness, balance and ease
Being called a powerful display of engineering prowess
Doesn't have a name yet
Has a wide range of human interaction skills
On social media, it's being hailed as "beautiful", "natural", "something every kid would want" and "a billion-dollar bot"
Designers' goal: robot that is expressive as it moves
Purpose: to bring to the real world the creative designs of Disney animators
Robot designed by combining procedural animation, modular hardware and reinforcement machine learning to mimic and learn the unique walking styles of different Disney characters
Resembles Disney's Wall-E from 2008 animation
Disney hopes to use the same technique to accelerate future robotic designs
This no-name robot is getting rave reviews, but no word yet on how Disney might market it.

STELLANTIS TEASES AN E-DODGE CHARGER CONCEPT

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Stellantis is teasing that a new, electrified, modernized version of the iconic Dodge Charger may soon debut. Here's what we know:

Stellantis' Mopar brand is teasing the new electric concept
Auto experts think it is an electrified Charger modernized for today's drivers
Dodge Charger is an iconic car brand that goes back to 1968-1970 that was a breakthrough muscle car for that generation of drivers
It looks ready to be resurrected as a 2023 concept EV at the upcoming SEMA show later this year.

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