DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF 

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane 


CHINA CREATES TINY ROBOT THAT SHRINKS BRAIN TUMORS & REDUCES ANEURISM RISK



                                                                    Source:  Stock

  • Chinese scientists have created a microfiber-bot that crawls into the brain and could save 750,000 lives a year.   Here's what we know:
  • It could revolutionize brain surgery
  • Length:  5mm
  • Composition:  magnetized fiber
  • Shape-changing worm
  • Brain insertion: via catheter
  • Untethered, magnetically-controlled, soft robot
  • Movement:  via doctors using magnets
  • The robot's flexible shape allows it to block problematical blood vessels
  • It's capable of fixing an aneurism and starving tumors by cutting blood flow
  • Aneurisms and tumors are some of the leading causes of death worldwide and require extensive and complicated treatment
  • This Chinese microfiber-bot, created by a team of scientists from 3 Chinese universities, looks to be a major medical remedy.



AIR TAXI RIDE PRICED LIKE AN UBER RIDE


                                                                    Source:  Archer Aviation


  • California-based Archer Aviation will outline plans today to start air taxi service in the Los Angeles area in 2025 at a passenger cost comparable to an Uber ride.  Here's what we know: 
  • Archer's flying taxi is scheduled to start ferrying passengers in Los Angeles to the airport next year
  • The company says the base cost will be $1 to $2 a mile
  • For instance, a flight from Santa Monica Airport to Malibu would take 5 minutes and cost less than $40 - that's cheaper than an Uber ride
  • Their flying taxi is an all-electric eVTOL called Midnight
  • Carries 4 passengers and a pilot
  • Range 100 miles on a charge
  • Top speed is 150 mph
  • Company has raised $1 billion from investors to deploy
  • Partner United Airlines has bought 200 Archer eVTOLs
  • Archer has big plans to begin operations in big cities like New York, Chicago and LA to air taxi people to and from the airports in the near future, starting in 2025.
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