Important Innovations

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane AMAZON'S ANSWER TO CHATGPT - AMAZON Q                                                                                Source:  Stock & Amazon Tech giant Amazon is launching Amazon Q, a generative AI powered chatbot for business.  Here's what we know: Amazon Q is specifically designed for business Amazon says it's of great value to employees for design, legal, product management, manufacturing and operations Significant functionalities like: Problem solving Providing insights and perspectives Generating content Having conversations Connecting employee with company information, code data and enterprise systems Keeping data private and secure Amazon Q is trained on 17 years of AWS data Q is part of Amazon's strategy to integrate generative AI across its product lines including for consumers Amazon Q is a competitive response to OpenAI's ChatGPT. YOUR BOSS: "HERE'S YOUR

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane RUSH TO FIND OUT WHAT'S MAKING US DOGS SICK                                                       Source:  Stock Hundreds of dogs in multiple states in the US have been hit by a severe and mysterious respiratory illness.  Veterinarians are racing to determine the cause.  Here's what we know: It's a severe respiratory illness that can lead to pneumonia and in some cases death Veterinarians have not established the cause Cases reported in 21 states 200 cases in Oregon alone Much more severe and lasts longer than kennel cough  Resistant to and can't be treated by common antibiotics Veterinary experts are racing to pinpoint the cause and establish an effective line of treatment Some experts are beginning to think it's an unknown bacteria Concerned dog owners have just formed a Facebook group of more than 40,000 to provide documented cases and patterns to help veterinarians solve t

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane NASA'S NEW AI MAP CAN LOCALIZE IMPACT OF CC                                                                      Source:  NASA & Stock NASA's new geospatial map tool is so precise it can forecast exactly how Climate Change will impact your house and street.  Some key facts: New CC AI map tool developed by NASA and IBM Can predict how CC will impact your home and help you make important life decisions Just unveiled at COP28  Could help you avoid bad real estate decisions Can help you avoid deadly weather events in the future Offers different algorithms to reveal future flooding, wildfire risks, tree cover and carbon emissions at the street level The developers are making this AI tool open source and available to everyone in 2024 It's an AI-powered foundational model built by IBM using massive amounts of data from NASA, including from space satellites  The level of precision and acc

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane NASA'S NEW AI MAP CAN LOCALIZE IMPACT OF CC                                                                      Source:  NASA & Stock NASA's new geospatial map tool is so precise it can forecast exactly how Climate Change will impact your house and street.  Some key facts: New CC AI map tool developed by NASA and IBM Can predict how CC will impact your home and help you make important life decisions Just unveiled at COP28  Could help you avoid bad real estate decisions Can help you avoid deadly weather events in the future Offers different algorithms to reveal future flooding, wildfire risks, tree cover and carbon emissions at the street level The developers are making this AI tool open source and available to everyone in 2024 It's an AI-powered foundational model built by IBM using massive amounts of data from NASA, including from space satellites  The level of precision and accur

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane NEW DRUG THERAPY COULD EXPAND DOGS' LIVES                                                  Source:  Brewster Kane San Francisco-based biotech Loyal is pioneering a drug that expands the lifespan of big dogs.  Here's what we know: Loyal's medication called LOY-001 has just won conditional approval from the FDA, which means they have reason to believe it will be effective Designed to increase the lifespan of large dogs It also maintains the quality of their lives Drug should be fully approved and available by 2026 Now going through accelerated clinical trials Works by reducing the level of key growth hormone - insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) Why this matters:  big dogs have shorter lifespans of 8 to 12 years as opposed to smaller breeds that average 10 to 15 years It's a long-acting injectable medication administered by a vet every 3 to 6 months Loyal has not specified the cost and ho

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane ROBOT CLIMBS, CLEANS & INSPECTS SKYSCRAPERS                                                                           Source:  Hong Kong & Verobotics Israel-based startup Verobotics has innovated a skyscraper-cleaning robot that is being called a breakthrough in the $30 billion+ high-rise glass facade cleaning industry.  Here's what we know: Verobotics' robots climb, clean and inspect for damage on the facades of skyscrapers Uses AI to do the multi-faceted job Can spot heat loss, water damage and more Robots travel on their own up the building  They drop wires for an average of 4 to 6 robots per building to travel down to clean and inspect The robots operate autonomously They use AI and machine learning algorithms to map the facade and scale the building Use sensors and cameras to check for damage Humans monitor remotely Already working on buildings in Hong Kong and Australia This i

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane DARPA'S BREAKTHRU VTOL AIRCRAFT                                                                                     Source:  DARPA The Pentagon's advanced research projects agency DARPA is developing the SPRINT X-Plane, which is being called "the Mother of all vertical lift aircraft".  New technologies developed will advance not only military aircraft, but potentially also eVTOL flying cars for consumers.  Here are some key facts: Revolutionary new aircraft that will take-off, land and hover like a helicopter and then transition to fly like a jet DARPA wants SPRINT to hit speeds up to 518 mph DARPA is developing advanced new technologies for the aircraft 4 defense contractors are involved including Bell Textron, Northrup Grumman, Piasecki Aircraft and Aurora Flight Sciences Bell is working on a folding rotor and integrated propulsion Some of the new innovations in technology dev