DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


MAKING NEW AVIATION HISTORY - FLYING ELECTRIC



                                    Source:  Beta Technologies


  • Sirius XM founder & serial entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt has brought to life her vision of sustainable flying with Beta Technologies & electric plane Alia
  • Alia is an eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff & landing vehicle) that takes off, lands & hovers like a helicopter but with zero  emissions
  • Founded a few years ago in Burlington Vermont, Beta is run by Alia creator, Harvard educated engineer Kyle Clark who created Alia at Rothblatt's challenge to the aviation world
  • Beta has raised more than $800 million in investment money, is readying to go into production & expects FAA certification by 2024
  • First usage is likely to be for short haul cargo transport
  • Maximum range is 250 nautical miles before recharging
  • Some aviation experts believe that Alia will make aviation history with its steady progress towards certification, solid funding & all-electric, sustainable flying
  • Also, Beta has a new version that can carry up to 6 passengers, the CX 300, with fixed wing conventional takeoff and landing
  • Beta is seeking FAA approval for the CX 300 that has quickly amassed 100 + orders for air taxi service.
  • PS - I just love watching this guy piloting so serenely over Lake Champlain, Vermont with his total confidence in what looks like great new aviation tech!

NEW CAR CONCEPT STRAIGHT OUT OF DISNEY

  • At the New York Auto Show, Hyundai unveiled a car concept that is a moving tribute to the 100th anniversary of the founding of Disney, called the Hyundai Ioniq 5 Disney 100 Platinum Concept
  • The surprise Disney themed Ioniq is a first-of-its-kind creative collaboration between Disney & an automaker
  • Ioniq 5 is the all-electric flagship of Hyundai & the Disney version is going into limited production for Disney fans & families with kids to purchase
  • There are many unique features to this new concept, such as
  1. Pixie dust is sprinkled on the moonroof
  2. Headlights & taillights have animated Disney elements
  3. Disney inspired visual elements including accents, music & lighting
  4. Infotainment screen with Disney themes
  5. Silver-gold body paint with big wheels to honor Mickey Mouse
  6. Disney 100 logos throughout the car
  • Ioniq 5 Disney 100 is getting some great reviews & will be the centerpiece of a 360-degree integrated marketing campaign.


NASA:  HUMANS WILL BE LIVING ON MOON IN 7 YEARS

  • NASA believes human will be living on the Moon by the end of this decade
  • NASA's Artemis Missions are the milestone steps that the Agency is taking to establish humans living on the Moon, for deeper long-term space exploration
  • Crew of the Artemis II, 10-day "FLY BY" mission around the Moon was named this week for launch in November 2024
  • Artemis II and its highly innovative spacecraft Orion will take the crew the farthest into space that any humans have ever ventured
  • With Artemis III, Orion will take humans back to the Moon's surface for the 1st time since the Apollo mission 50 years ago +
  • NASA says it's developing a sustainable program including a Lunar Gateway space station, where astronauts will live, work & ride on landers to & from the Moon
  • During this decade, NASA says it will have people living on the Moon with rovers to travel about & do science
  • The Moon is the staging ground for NASA for the next big challenge:  manned trips to Mars.
For more news stories like this, Space Mysteries & Wonders 2020's


"Daily Innovation Brief" © By Edward Kane


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