Important Innovations Collection

Czinger's 21C Hypercar                                             Source:  Czinger Vehicles Perhaps the Start of an Automaking Revolution LA based Czinger Vehicles has built a spectacular, $2 million, carbon-fiber hypercar, the Czinger 21C.  The car's speed, power and performance are unprecedented.  And so are the design and manufacturing process.  The car was designed by Czinger's proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) and then totally 3D printed.  The new technologies could result in a revolutionary new approach to automaking.  The company says their systems are so precise and efficient that a team of 1,000 engineers could not have gotten even close to the results of the Czinger 21C. Tech Specs The Czinger 21C is one heck of a ride around the racetrack.  The $2 million car created by the system is nothing short of stell...

New Zero Emissions Mode of Transportation                                                             Source: Biliti & Other Tuk Tuks Roots Date Back to Rickshaws Los Angeles-based startup Biliti just unveiled what's being called the world's first, hydrogen powered Tuk Tuk or trike.  Tuk Tuks are common means of passenger transportation in Thailand and India.  The three-wheeled vehicles serve as taxies.  Their heritage dates back to Japan's rickshaws.  The new, hydrogen fuel cell powered Tuk Tuk is called FastMile.  The company says it has a 130-mile range on a charge and can be refueled in just 3 minutes.  Biliti is a fast growth electric mobility company founded in 2021 and known for its compact electric delivery Tuk Tuks.  The company is currently significantly expanding it...

Facetime and Zoom Video Calls with a Big New Dimension Source:  Portl Holograms in Your Home Los Angeles startup Portl has unveiled a new device that adds an epic, extra dimension to your Facetiming and Zooming video calls. The Portl M is a table-top piece of technology with the potential to totally revolutionize everyday communications, particularly during this time of ongoing pandemics greatly reducing in-person meetings and conversations.  Essentially, Portl M allows you and the person that you're talking with to be beamed into each other's home or office as a hologram.  On their website, the company says you can call it "telepresence". How Does It Work?  With Artificial Intelligence Plus Both parties on the videocall will need to have the M machine.  The machines can beam a 3-D image of each caller from one M to the other M.  The key to the process is M's artificial intelligence (AI) enabled cameras.  The AI camera tapes you and creates a vide...

Arc's E-Speedboat with Zero Emissions                                                       Source:  Arc Actor Will Smith & Rapper Diddy Combs Think It's a Hot Investment Gas-powered speedboats are notorious for their polluting carbon emissions.  A new electric powered, zero emissions speedboat appears to be a very attractive alternative and it is attracting Hollywood entertainment stars' attention.   Los Angeles-based marine startup Arc is attracting big Hollywood stars like actor Will Smith and rapper Sean Diddy Combs as investors in its electric, zero emissions speedboat.  Smith's Dreamers VC, Combs' Combs Enterprises and basketball star Kevin Durant have all jumped onboard as strategic investors.  They join Eclipse Ventures' Greg Reichow, who helped fund the launch of Tesla.  They have p...

Combination Plane and Drone - Tayln Air                                                  Source:  Talyn Air No Need For an Airport Los Angeles-based Talyn Air has designed a unique e-VTOL, an electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.  The vehicle is a concept that flies like a plane but launches and lands with the assistance of a large drone. The unmanned drone flies the e-VTOL to its flight level where it releases the e-VTOL once its rotors reach a flight sustaining speed. The drone returns to its base to be recharged for another takeoff or landing.  Talyn Air says this system is so efficient it can travel three to five times farther than most other electric planes. Rocket Science Talyn Air was co-founded by two astronauts, Jamie Gull and Evan Mucasey, who both worked on Crew Dragon and the Falcon 9 rocket at SpaceX.  ...

Second Recent Jetpack Sighting Over LA                                                Source:  JetPack Aviation JetPack Aviation SPEEDER Gets Ready for Take-off Once again over Los Angeles, the sky offered an amazing sight of a pilot in a jetpack soaring 6,000 feet above the Earth.  It was the second similar sighting and the flights were apparently not authorized by the FAA.  Enter JetPack Aviation's flying motorcycle SPEEDER that's set to do its first test flight.  SPEEDER is the world's first jet powered, personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flying motorcycle.  JetPack Aviation says it had nothing to do with the two mysterious, jetpack flights over LA. Technology Promise of SPEEDER JetPack says with the flip of a switch SPEEDER will be able to hit 300 mph in the air, carry 600 pounds and fly at an altitude of 15,00...