DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF 

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

MY DOG WON'T COME & PLAY; SHE'S WATCHING HER FAVORITE SHOW





                                                          Source:  Stock & DogsPlay 

  • DogsPlay;  Specially made TV and personalized content for your favorite pet.  Here's what we know:
  • Has cameras embedded in the dog TV to determine what content your dog pays most attention on the TV
  • Monthly subscription content includes content personalized for your dog
  • TV plays content with adjusted color to compensate for dogs' red-green color blindness
  • TV has adjusted sound to compensate for higher frequency hearing in dogs
  • Product creates its own content and stimulating videos of dogs playing
  • TV developed and being sold in South Korea and will be available this month in the US for $800.
  • For additional $5 monthly subscription fee, unlimited streaming
  • For $10 monthly fee, you get AI recommendations for video content your dog is paying attention to most consistently
  • Developers say it's a great way to keep a dog, home alone, occupied
  • This is one of the favorite new products viewed by international journalists at CES 2024.
e-VTOL THAT COULD BE A TRAVEL GAMECHANGER



                                                Source:  Wisk


  • California-based Wisk Aero is developing a pilot-less e-VTOL air taxi that it believes could be a big part of the future of travel.  Here are some key facts:
  • The plane is all-electric, autonomous and take off and lands vertically like a helicopter, which keeps it closer to where people live and work
  • Called Wisk Air Taxi Gen 6
  • More than 1,750 test flights
  • Seats - 4
  • Range - 90 miles
  • Cruising altitude - 2,500 to 4,000 feet
  • Cruising speed - 110 to 120 knots
  • Charging time - 15 minutes
  • These planes are backed up with redundant systems to help ensure safety
  • Designed to provide air taxi service in urban, populated areas
  • Mountain View, CA-based Wisk expects to ask the FAA to approve Gen 6 and then Wisk will market it to transport people as an air taxi
  • Company expects a network of vertiports to be built for the eVTOL to take-off and land on
  • Wisk is unique in preparing to deploy flying taxis that fly autonomously and those with human pilots
  • The autonomous flying taxis will have human oversight, remotely on the ground.

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