Important Innovations

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane    SOLAR AIRSHIP ONE - REVOLUTIONARY NEW AIR TRAVEL                                                                      Source:  Euro Airship France-based Euro Airship has built an aviation first: an air ship capable of circumnavigating the Earth without ever touching down on land to refuel.  Here are the facts: Named Solar Airship One Unique aviation technology powered by hydrogen and solar power On hydrogen the air ship's range is 540 nautical miles Solar film covering the top of the airship makes the range sustainably "endless" Solar film lets the hydrogen fuel cells power the electric engines at night and fly perpetually in theory Targeted initial flight is non-stop 21,598 miles around the Earth in 20 to 30 days at an average altitude of 19,685 feet Euro Airship says Airship One has 80% less fuel consumption and carbon emissions than any current aircraft It has 15 separate gas &

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane    SOLAR AIRSHIP ONE - REVOLUTIONARY NEW AIR TRAVEL                                                                      Source:  Euro Airship France-based Euro Airship has built an aviation first: an air ship capable of circumnavigating the Earth without ever touching down on land to refuel.  Here are the facts: Named Solar Airship One Unique aviation technology powered by hydrogen and solar power On hydrogen the air ship's range is 540 nautical miles Solar film covering the top of the airship makes the range sustainably "endless" Solar film lets the hydrogen fuel cells power the electric engines at night and fly perpetually in theory Targeted initial flight is non-stop 21,598 miles around the Earth in 20 to 30 days at an average altitude of 19,685 feet Euro Airship says Airship One has 80% less fuel consumption and carbon emissions than any current aircraft It has 15 separate gas &

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane PORSCHE DESENDANT DESIGNS ELEGANT SPORTSCAR                                                                                                            Source:  Piech        The great-grandson of Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche, Toni Piech, is following in his great-grandfather's footsteps with his own, luxury, high performance automotive brand - Piech, which creates high performance electric vehicles & is based in Switzerland 1st EV going into production in 2024:  Piech GT which is a gorgeous electric, 2-seat sportscar Tech spec details: 3 electric motors that produce 603 hp Power output:  800 kW Range:  310 miles Charge Time:  less than 10 minutes Unique battery tech with patented immersion cooling tech Top speed:  124 mph Elegant & classy design 0 to 62 mph in 2.8 seconds Unique carbon fiber cha

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane POWERFUL HYDROGEN-ELECTRIC PLANE PARTNERS                               Source:  Natilus & ZeroAvia British-American hydrogen aircraft company ZeroAvia & US cargo plane development company Natilus are co-developing a hydrogen electric autonomous cargo plane These two companies have highly advanced technologies, are very well funded & have billions of dollars in pre-orders ZeroAvia's successfully-tested ZA600 hydrogen-electric engine will be the powerful propulsion system for Natilus' blended wing body cargo plane ZeroAvia has won permits to fly in the US, has been developing zero emissions planes for ten years and has $10 billion in pre-orders The ZA600 hydrogen electric engine successfully powered a 19-seat passenger plane last January Now it will power Natilus' Kona cargo plane that ha

  DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane FLYING ON HYDROGEN & MAKING HISTORY                                             Source:  ZeroAvia In the UK, the world's largest aircraft powered by hydrogen took flight for a history-making 10 minutes ZeroAvia, which is a British-American hydrogen-electric aircraft developer, produced the breakthrough prototype aircraft, Dornier 228, which performed exceedingly well during the flight The hydrogen plane taxi'd, took off, did a full circle pattern in the sky & then safely landed Dornier 228 is a 19-seat passenger plane with a twin-engine setup, retrofitted with a hydrogen-electric engine on the left wing Company is focused on developing 20-seat regional hydrogen commuter planes to 100-seat, long distance hydrogen planes ZeroAvia has a pipeline of customer orders including from Alaska Airlines The

  DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                  By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane 1 OF WORLD'S 1ST COMMERCIAL FLYING TAXI DEALS                                                                      Source:  AutoFlight Singapore-based advanced air mobility provider EVFLY has just purchased 205 eVTOLS (electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles) from AutoFlight to start passenger & cargo flights This will comprise 1 of the 1st commercially available flying taxi, eVTOL fleets AutoFlight is based in Shanghai and is focused on developing autonomous flight systems and eVTOLs AutoFlight's flagship eVTOL Prosperity just established the eVTOL world record for its flight distance of 155 miles First flights are expected to begin in the Middle East, specifically Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which are expected to become a global mecca for commercial advanced air mobility (AAM) EVFLY expects to strateg

     DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                  By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane SKODA'S SMART GRILLE & CROSSING GUARD ROBOT                                                                                 Source:  Skoda VW-owned automaker Skoda is developing an AI powered smart car grille and an AI powered robot capable of being tech replacements for crossing guards & crossing signals Skoda is developing these highly innovative pieces of technology with roboticists and AI experts at the Czech Technical University in Prague and the Technical University of Munich  The smart, digital, front car grille displays messages to those outside of the car The prototype grille uses pictograms and animations to let pedestrians, bikers and drivers know that it is okay to proceed & cross the street or it can issue warning signals not to cross or enter an intersection Such digital messaging works