Important Innovations Collection

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane NASA'S NEW AI MAP CAN LOCALIZE IMPACT OF CC                                                                      Source:  NASA & Stock NASA's new geospatial map tool is so precise it can forecast exactly how Climate Change will impact your house and street.  Some key facts: New CC AI map tool developed by NASA and IBM Can predict how CC will impact your home and help you make important life decisions Just unveiled at COP28  Could help you avoid bad real estate decisions Can help you avoid deadly weather events in the future Offers different algorithms to reveal future flooding, wildfire risks, tree cover and carbon emissions at the street level The developers are making this AI tool open source and available to everyone in 2024 It's an AI-powered foundational model built by IBM using massive amounts of data from NASA, including from space satellites  The level of precision and accur

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane NEW DRUG THERAPY COULD EXPAND DOGS' LIVES                                                  Source:  Brewster Kane San Francisco-based biotech Loyal is pioneering a drug that expands the lifespan of big dogs.  Here's what we know: Loyal's medication called LOY-001 has just won conditional approval from the FDA, which means they have reason to believe it will be effective Designed to increase the lifespan of large dogs It also maintains the quality of their lives Drug should be fully approved and available by 2026 Now going through accelerated clinical trials Works by reducing the level of key growth hormone - insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) Why this matters:  big dogs have shorter lifespans of 8 to 12 years as opposed to smaller breeds that average 10 to 15 years It's a long-acting injectable medication administered by a vet every 3 to 6 months Loyal has not specified the cost and ho

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane DARPA'S BREAKTHRU VTOL AIRCRAFT                                                                                     Source:  DARPA The Pentagon's advanced research projects agency DARPA is developing the SPRINT X-Plane, which is being called "the Mother of all vertical lift aircraft".  New technologies developed will advance not only military aircraft, but potentially also eVTOL flying cars for consumers.  Here are some key facts: Revolutionary new aircraft that will take-off, land and hover like a helicopter and then transition to fly like a jet DARPA wants SPRINT to hit speeds up to 518 mph DARPA is developing advanced new technologies for the aircraft 4 defense contractors are involved including Bell Textron, Northrup Grumman, Piasecki Aircraft and Aurora Flight Sciences Bell is working on a folding rotor and integrated propulsion Some of the new innovations in technology devel

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane GOOGLE CO-FOUNDER'S TRAVEL VISION - AIRSHIPS                                                   Source: LTA Research The biggest airship since the Hindenburg has been approved for test flights.  It's the vision of Google co-founder Sergey Brin - a radical, green, huge airship/ballon for transport that was just unveiled in its latest form and has been approved for test flights.  Here are some key facts: This is the biggest airship cleared for flight testing since the Hindenburg, the 800-foot blimp that blew up in 1937, took 36 lives and torched most interest in the technology Apparently, Brin sees the potential for development of this radical aviation tech Called Pathfinder-1, it is huge, green and a steerable ballon It's a radical option for transportation that Brin fuels with non-flammable helium Being developed by Sergey Brin through his startup LTA Research Specifically designed to re

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane   TEEN LAUNDRY STREWN ON BEDROOM FLOOR? CLEANING ROBOT TO RESCUE                                                                                Source:  UC Berkeley Scientists have developed a robot that can spot and pick up clothes thrown around the room.  Here's what we know: Developed by scientists at UC Berkeley Uses AI to find most efficient way to collect dropped laundry Utilizes color and depth-sensing cameras to collect laundry into piles Picks up clothes with a controlling robotic arm Given its additional ability to stack clothes into piles, the robot is considered to be 67% more efficient than the traditional, by hand method The AI cleaning robot could be very useful for seniors, at hotels and hospitals It's expected to be commercially available within 10 years. EUROPE'S 1ST TRI-MODE POWERED TRAIN                                                      Source:  Hitachi It's a

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane SUBARU'S FLYING CAR                                                     Source:  Subaru Subaru's new flying car concept is the talk of the global automotive industry.  Here are some key facts: Called Air Mobility Concept Electric flying car 6 rotor blades surround a 2-seat cockpit eVTOL - vertical take-off and landing vehicle No details yet on powertrain, range and flying time This concept was first introduced at the recent Japan Mobility Show, suspended above the Sport Mobility concept car Engineers from Subaru's aerospace and automotive divisions are currently developing the concept Subaru is the second Japanese carmaker after Honda to introduce a flying car concept Interestingly Subaru started in business as an airplane maker Flying cars are expected to be operational in Japan by 2026. NASA IS TESTING MARS HELICOPTER IN 2 WORLDS                                                       

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane BIG OIL & GAS:  THANK YOU CLIMATE CHANGE                                                                                           Source:  Stock $7 trillion worth of petroleum reserves have been exposed in the Arctic due to Climate Change melting ice.  Here's what we know: The treasure trove of petroleum in the Arctic is being called a modern-day Gold Rush Corporations and nations are poised to make trillions of dollars on it 90 billion barrels of oil are soon to become available as ice melts 84% of the petroleum is said to be offshore Additionally, nearly 1.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 44 billion barrels of liquid natural gas are estimated to be there by the US Geological Survey Arctic countries like the US and Canada hold rights to drill in their territory Russia's Gazprom is already drilling Big oil sees this as a major business opportunity Greenpeace sees this as a bitt

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane US SPACE FORCE & SPACE MYSTERIES SOURCE:  US SPACE FORCE The US Space Force wants to track "abnormal observables" in Earth orbit that are of unknown origin.  Here are some key facts: New mission of the USW Space force is to identify and track mysterious objects that are in Earth orbit Most of the time those objects are from other nations The group will identify, work to understand, track and maintain custody of the objects, according to a document released by the US Space Force The purpose is to ensure the safety of space vehicles flying in the Earth's orbit They want to know where the vehicles are in real-time, how they got there, who owns them, what their potential capabilities are and who the operator is A lot of advanced technologies will be applied to this, including radar systems, infrared and optical sensors, radio frequency monitoring, intelligence community information an