Important Innovations

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane NEW SCIENCE:  TURNS OUT EVEN INSECTS LIKE TO PLAY                                                      Source:  Queen Mary University of London & Stock Many global scientists argue there is widespread consciousness across the animal and insect world. That meaning awareness of their experiences and feeling, including joy and pain. Here's what we know:  This past weekend at New York University, 40 scientists signed the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness which argues that scientific research indicates a widespread possibility of animal consciousness Some experts think we are blinded on how our sentience might work in other species Recent experiments showed that bees played with wooden balls just for fun; fish recognized their image in an underwater mirror; and octopus avoid things that caused previous pain Some scientists say it is irresponsible to ignore the research and the welfare of these cre

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane BREAKTHROUGH AUTONOMOUS ROBOT                                                                                     Source:  XPeng Chinese EV giant XPeng has created a breakthrough, autonomous robot for kids to ride.  It's breakthrough because of its autonomous software system.  Here are some key facts: It's a 4-legged, robot dog built for kids to ride Called Unicorn Software is based on XPeng's autonomous car self-driving system Said to give kids incredible freedom of movement and joy  The architecture is light, strong and robust enough to handle a child playing XPeng says that by adding an arm, they can turn it into a service robot Unicorn speaks It's electric powered Just unveiled at an automotive exhibition in Asia. A REASON FOR TESLA TO BE ANXIOUS                                                       Source: Xiaomi A new EV by Chinese smart phone company Xiaomi is giving Tesla and Porsche a

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane FIRST NEW TRIUMPH IN 40 YEARS?                                                            Source:  BMW & Triumph 1953 The last iconic Triumph sports car was made in 1984. That could change! 40 years later, Triumph brand owner BMW has come up with one of the most fascinating car concepts in recent memory - the Triumph TR 25.  Here are some key facts: The TR 25 concept is a celebration of Triumph's 100th anniversary London-based design house Makkina created the concept It's an EV Inspired by the TR 2 of the 1950's which is on display at the British Museum TR 25 is a single seater Very aerodynamic design Has the electric powertrain of the BMW i3 184 hp Single electric motor on the rear axle On the steering wheel, a centered dial has vehicle information A 2nd display has more information like range and remaining charge Some automotive experts are calling it the best concept car of the past year and

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane AI POWERED ROBOT GUIDE DOG FOR OUR VISUALLY IMPAIRED                Source:  University of Glasgow & Stock Blind and partially blind people may soon be guided by robot guide dogs.  Here's what we know: Engineers at the University of Glasgow are developing RoboGuide, an AI powered robot guide dog capable of talking to humans Goal is to help the visually impaired be more independent as they walk around hospitals, shopping centers and other public places RoboGuide has a series of sensors to map and access its surroundings Software helps RoboGuide to learn optimal routes and interpret sensor data in real time so as not to hit obstacles as it assists the user It can understand speech and verbally respond Overall objective of RoboGuide is to give the visually impaired more independence This is assistive AI technology now being developed and tested that has the potential to help provide more independence to th

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane NEW US NEWS NETWORK WITH AI ANCHORS                                                                                                            Source:  Channel 1 & Stock                     D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane Los Angeles-based Channel 1 aims to be the 1st nationally syndicated news network in the US using AI avatars as their primary news anchors.  Here are some key facts: Channel 1 plans to launch in 2024 as the world's 1st AI-powered news network Founded by producer and director Scott Zabielski and tech entrepreneur Adam Mosan Will be staffed by AI avatar news anchors created from scans of real people with digitally generated voices Also will have some real human journalists and news anchors as part of the news mix News will come from three sources:  traditional news operations, commercial free-lance journalists and AI-generated news from publi

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane FUTURE OF ELECTRIC SPORTS CARS:  MORGAN'S XP-1                                                                           Source:  Morgan British sports car company Morgan has just revealed a 3-wheel, electric, experimental prototype car that foreshadows the future of electric sports cars.  Here's what we know: It is based on the Morgan Super 3 three wheeler It's a remarkably lightweight, battery powered test model that Morgan will use to develop powertrains and driving characteristics for electric Morgans Designed for aerodynamic efficiencies Lightweight roadster true to its British Morgan roots Has a small 33 kWh electric battery and weighs about 1400 pounds Can travel about 150 miles on a charge Powertrain produces 134 hp delivered to the rear wheel Currently in extensive testing When the XP-1 is considered ready for production, its likely starting price will be above the Super 3's $54,000 L

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane MIT'S HYDROGEN ENERGY BREAKTHROUGH                                                                                      Source:  MIT and Stock MIT engineers have a design for a revolutionary system to generate hydrogen cheaply and efficiently using only solar power.  Here's what we know: MIT engineers have designed a train-like system of reactors that generate hydrogen solely by solar power MIT says the system harnesses and uses 40% of the sunlight coming into it The MIT system uses the sun's heat to break and split water into hydrogen This is a major breakthrough because of its green efficiency Conventional systems use fossil fuels to produce hydrogen This procedure produces no greenhouse gas emissions It produces "solar thermochemical hydrogen" which is a clean fuel that can power planes, ships and trucks for long distance travel Other attempts to build such a system have b

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane  WORLD'S LARGEST AI MODEL TO FIGHT CANCER                                   Source: AI & Cancer Stock Microsoft and digital pathology company Paige are partnering to build an AI model to revolutionize cancer detection Here's what we know: It will be the world's largest image-based AI model to detect & fight cancer Size and scale of the AI model will be unprecedented It will contain more data than Netflix and by orders of magnitude more data than anything made public by Google and Facebook Significant potential to radically change the detection & treatment of cancer Expected to significantly reduce the number of misdiagnoses that result in 800,000 deaths & disabilities in US yearly Using Microsoft supercomputers Paige will incorporate 4 million digitized microscopy slides into the system Until now, systems have been trained on 100,000 The new AI model will be trained on