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  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane  A FLYING MINIVAN                                                                                 Super:  LuftCar When you're late taking your kids to school, you'll soon be able to hop into your flying minivan, take flight and make it on time! Luft Pinoy is an innovative flying minivan that was designed for island hopping across the 7,000 islands in the Philippines.  It's being prototyped and developed.  Here are some key facts: Vehicle is a unique eVTOL that can drive and fly  Attach-detachable airframe that enables the van to fly Powered by hydrogen or electricity Airframe turns the van into a long range, hydrogen powered, cruise capable, vectored thrust eVTOL Being developed by Orlando, FL based LuftCar and Philippine-based eFrancisco Motors Corporation Combines eFrancisco's electric minivan with LuftCar's eVTOL airframe 4 propellers 300-mile flight range and 150-mile range on road 220

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane   NOT A UFO, IT'S A USO - UNIDENTIFIED SUBMERGED OBJECT MOVING AT 3,330 MPH                                                                                                       Source:  Stock Virginia Tech professor and Defense expert Dr. Robert McGwire encountered an underwater unidentified object moving at more than the speed of sound or 3,330 mph.  Here's what we know: While doing classified work on a US Navy submarine, Dr. McGwire heard a sound whiz by Such strong sounds at the speed of sound underwater should have crushed the sub The incident occurred in the late 1990's and the military team was told not to report it; Dr. McGwire says he was not Dr. McGwire has High Security Intelligence Clearance and a PhD from Brown University The underwater sighting lasted a few seconds Details including location and depth were not reported due to it being a classified mission Context:  Fastest sea animal

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane BMW'S FORAY INTO HYDROGEN POWER                                                                                      Source:  BMW BMW is field testing the iX5 pilot fleet of hydrogen-powered cars around the world.  Here's what we know: While it advised caution about the availability of hydrogen powered vehicles in 2020, BMW has moved forward to roll-out a hydrogen powered fleet It's being field-tested in the US, China, Middle East, Korea and Japan BMW says its tests went perfectly in heat in excess of 100-degree F Here are some specs:   2, 700-bar  carbon fiber tanks each at 10,150 psi   Each tank can hold 13.2 pounds of hydrogen fuel   Power - 170 hp   Accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in under 6 seconds   Range of 300 + miles   Re-fuels in 3 to 4 minutes BMW seems seriously interested in hydrogen. AMAZON'S EXTREMELY EFFICIENT ROBOTS