DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

TOYOTA TAKES ON ROLLS ROYCE

Source: Toyota

Toyota just unveiled an ultra-luxurious SUV - the Century - which is designed to compete against Rolls Royce. Here's what we know:
Toyota has created a new hybrid SUV, the Century, that is so luxurious, it is competitive with Rolls Royce
Century directly competes with the Rolls Royce SUV Cullinan but is slightly smaller
At $170,000, Century is less than half the price of Cullinan, which starts at $390,00
Century is powered by a 3,5 liter V6 plug-in hybrid engine
Century delivers 406 HP
The vehicle is beautifully designed and well proportioned
It's a 4-seater
While Toyota has not publicly said their new SUV is targeting buyers at the Rolls Royce level, it is and it's marketing the vehicle in wealthy global markets including the Middle East
Some global automotive experts are saying that Century, at its price-point, blows other ultra-luxury SUVs away.

AI TRAINED TO SPOT FRADULENT WINE

Source: Wine stock

In Switzerland, scientists have trained an AI algorithm to spot fraudulent wine, such as wine priced at $1,000. a bottle that was actually made in someone's garage. Here are some key details:
The crime of fraudulent, misrepresented wine is a growing problem and especially so in Europe
University of Geneva scientists have trained AI to trace wines back to their places of origin
The scientists used machine learning to pinpoint wines based on their composition and concentration of scores of compounds
The AI algorithms can trace the wine back to its wine growing region and even to the estate where it was made
This AI tool can also be used to maximize the quality of wine, while it is being made and blended, which is particularly important for Champagne and Bordeaux
This is a unique new use of AI for the betterment of wine drinkers and wine investors everywhere.

MYSTERIOUS COSMIC SPITBALL

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A mysterious, extremely high energy cosmic ray detected speeding to and hitting Earth has global astronomers totally baffled and asking "What the heck is going on"? Here's what we know:
It's been named Amateraso
Cosmic particle has the energy of a 95-mph golf ball
Millions of times more energy than a Large Hadron Collider can produce
Astronomers traced its bounce back to a void near the Milky Way
Astronomers are completely baffled as it came from a region in the Milky Way that they considered a void, empty region in space
The cosmic spitball was produced by something much more powerful than an exploding star
Intriguing scientific thought: did it come from an opening between time & space?

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