Important Innovations

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane  TOYOTA'S BIG BREAKTHROUGH ON E-BATTERIES                                                                                                              Source:  Toyota Toyota reports that it has achieved a "technological breakthrough" in electric car batteries The Japanese automaker says the breakthrough will cut in half the cost, size and weight of e-car batteries and has the potential to significantly increase range The breakthrough is in Toyota's solid state battery technology, which is much lighter and less expensive to make than current lithium-ion batteries According to Toyota, the new battery can deliver: 20% range improvement for its e-cars in cruise mode Full recharge in less than 10 minutes Deployment in Toyota new cars in 2027 Toyota says the breakthrough is from inexpensive lithium

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane GOOGLE's ULTRA-POWERFUL QUANTUM COMPUTER                                                                                                                      Source:  Google Google has developed a quantum computer that can instantly perform calculations that would take other supercomputers 47 years to do Clearly a breakthrough, it performs way beyond the capabilities of current computers According to experts, the potential is huge including significant solutions for Climate Change and the development of breakthrough new drugs The system is so powerful that it is said to have the ability to undermine today's encryption systems making it a national security priority for the Biden Administration The device has 70 qubits, and each qubit increases the computing power exponentially At the moment, Google appea

    D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane HARVARD's NEWEST TEACHER:  AI BOT                                             Source:  Stock & Harvard This fall, one of the world's greatest universities, Harvard, will have an AI instructor on its teaching staff In an unprecedented move in Ivy League history, an AI teacher called CS50 bot will be teaching the Introduction to Coding course Harvard's Coding course staff is experimenting with GPT 3.5 and GPT 4 teachers in the classroom to determine how they may be able to improve the educational experience Intro to Coding is one of the most popular courses at Harvard with more than 1,000 students enrolled per semester and the online version Harvard shares with MIT is especially popular Harvard students pay $50,000 a year in tuition to be taught by some of the best academic experts in the world

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane SKODA'S ROADIAQ - SUV, MOBILE OFFICE & HOME                                                     Source:  Skoda Skoda Roadiaq is a new, all-electric SUV, mobile office, camper combo EV that is getting rave design reviews for its innovativeness, authenticity and boldness One global headline called it: "Every Campers' Dream Vehicle"     Here are some key facts: Czech-based automaker Skoda transformed their own vehicle Enyaq into a 100% electric motorhome called Roadiaq The idea came from 29 students at the Skoda Vocational Academy, engaged in Skoda's annual car design competition, working with the Skoda design team Combining the SUV with modern office capabilities and convertible into a mobile home/camper appears to be just pure genius     Office has what a modern office needs:  permanent

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane 1st E-BIKE WITH CHATGPT - BIKE WITH A MIND                                                                                                              Source:  Urtopia The world now has its 1st e-bike with ChatGPT that you can have a conversation with as you cycle along your way Called the Urtopia Fusion, the very smart bike has been developed by Urtopia which calls it "a bike with a mind" Urtopia is a cycling startup founded by cyclists & engineers from MIT, Cornell, CMU and UMN & headquartered in Hong Kong The bike is loaded with tech: integrated AI ChatGPT, sensors, communications networks, real-time data recording & processing, anti-theft measures, GPS - all tied together by a controlling algorithm and smart ioT system Bike also integrates platforms like Apple Health & Strava Stra

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane BMW'S ROLLING WORKS OF ART                                       Source: BMW & Mehretu Art For 50 years, BMW has been choosing top global artists like Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons to use a BMW as a canvas and create a work of art to showcase innovation, creativity and automobiles This year, an international panel of museum directors and curators unanimously selected world-renowned, Ethiopian-American artist Julie Mehretu, who specializes in highly innovative abstract art, to paint a BMW M Hybrid V8 as BMW's latest Art Car Mehretu is known for big scale, highly intricate abstract landscapes that incorporate images of art, history & current news The plug-in hybrid M, that's all about top speeds of 200 mph, 640 hp, 479 ft-lbs of torque & 8200 rpm, will be competing at the 2024 24 Hour-LeMans