Important Innovations

Vision INEXT Concept Car BMW's Concept Car Vision INEXT Intersection of Driver, Car and Digital World This concept car is a unique vision from BMW on the future of driving.  Their concept car BMW Vision INEXT explores intelligent connectivity as a key part of personal mobility.  This concept vehicle is a great example of how a driver, vehicle and the digital world can connect and enjoy breakthrough innovation. Connected Beauty on Wheels BMW's vision that it is developing is an autonomous, intelligent vehicle with a "living space on wheels". You might think of it as your favorite space or living room on wheels in an autonomous vehicle so intelligent you don't need to think about the driving.  There's an intelligent driving system that becomes visible if you want it to. Intelligent Personal Assistant A big component of BMW's vision is their Intelligent Personal Assistant.  This is an interactive, mixed reality VR experience set for 2025.  Thi

Very Smart Suitcase Loaded with AI and Sensors to Follow You on its Own Making for a Better Trip Chinese artificial intelligence startup company ForwardX Robotics has created a very cool piece of innovation.  It's a suitcase loaded with AI and sensors that follows the owner on its own. It's a self-walking suitcase that's designed to make your journey a bit easier.   For a great news blog go to my journalist colleague Ed Kane post at Important Innovations Collection: Self-Walking Suitcase :  A Suitcase that Follows You On its Own Source:  ForwardX Robotics' Ovis Artificial Intelligence Luggage This suitcase looks lik...

Important Innovations Collection: Self-Walking Suitcase :  A Suitcase that Follows You On its Own Source:  ForwardX Robotics' Ovis Artificial Intelligence Luggage This suitcase looks lik...

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KitchenAid Smart Display - First Timer at CES 2019  KitchenAid SmartDisplay Getting a Lot of Interest This smart display comes from a surprising source - KitchenAid.  But they have created technology innovations in home appliances for many years. KitchenAid is owned by Whirlpool that owns  another innovation company Yummly.  Their new Smart Display takes all of that new tech to a new level.  They've innovated a smart looking, voice activated touchscreen that has the Google Assistant onboard as well as Yummly app. Smarthome Display The ten inch display is water resistant and ready for kitchen duty.  It's due out in the second half of 2019 and the pricing is expected to be from the $200. to $300 range. Use by Voice Command Through Google Assistant You can use the screen for many purposes like controlling your smart home gadgets, making video calls, doing search, watching videos, listening to music, all by your voice commands through Google Assistant. MultiTasker &

Daimler's Semi that's Semi-Autonomous Source:  Daimler's Cascadia Big Semi-Autonomous Semi Truck Daimler has introduced another notable piece of automotive engineering innovation.  A semi-truck that can haul 80,000 pounds that is semi-autonomous  It's great innovation that can make our roads safer.  For an important news blog on it, go to Important Innovations Collection: Semi-Autonomous Semi-Truck : Daimler's Breakthrough:  New Cascadia Source:  Daimler's Cascadia Semi that's Semi-Autonomous Daimler's Freightliner...  It's by my journalist colleague Ed Kane, who is also the author of six books on innovation across industries   amazon.com/author/ekane

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Bell Helicopter Is Committed to Delivering on Bell Nexus Source:  Bell Helicopter Aerial Taxis in Operation by 2025 This is part of your travel future.  The Bell Nexus aerial taxi.  It looks like it's straight out of science fiction.  But it is real.  Bell has developed a full body model.  And they have a timetable of test flights leading up to delivering the vehicle for flight operations by 2025.  For a great news blog on this developing aviation innovation, go to Important Innovations Collection: Future of Air Taxi Mobility : Bell Nexus - Flying Over Congested Cities Full Size Model - Bell Nexus For Flight The Bell Nexus is one of the prototype  air taxi mod...

Slighter is a Very Smart Lighter  Source:  Slighter Innovation from Lebanon Slighter is the latest, smart lighter that can help you quit smoking one cigarette at a time.  The company is based in Lebanon.  Their product offers a new way to quit smoking.  It learns from your habits.  It calculates how frequently you smoke and when you do so. It uses the data to customize a plan for each smoker. Elegantly Simple Innovation that's Easy to Use There's a lot of innovation and ingenuity in this smart lighter concept.  It sometimes, on purpose, won't light up to help the smoker cut cigarettes eventually down to zero.  The price is $129.  It will start shipping in July 2019.  The French National Cancer Institute plans to do a trial run with it. Communicates and Calculates You can communicate and share the data on your progress to quit smoking on a phone app.  The device also tells you how much money you've saved as you reach your quit smoking goals.  Interesting

Fasteesh of France's Innovative Y-Brush Toothbrush Say Goodbye to your Old Toothbrush Fasteesh of France has just unveiled a very innovative Y-Brush toothbrush.  It promises to thoroughly clean your teeth in ten seconds.  It was showcased at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show.  For a great news report on it by my journalist colleague Ed Kane, go to  Important Innovations Collection: Goodbye Toothbrush : France's Fasteesh Source:  Fasteesh Y-Brush The Innovative Y-Brush Imagine cleaning your teeth in ten seconds instead of the se...

Very Smart Health and Fitness Monitoring Northwestern University Bioengineers' Smart Patch This is very advanced bioengineering technology just reported from Northwestern University bioengineers. A small, wearable, flexible sensor patch that spots your underlying medical conditions in real-time. It's for fitness use and to be your first alert medical spotter for certain conditions. For example, dehydration, low oxygen or spotting you are diabetic.  For a great news blog on this amazing new innovation, go to my journalist colleague Ed Kane's blog at Important Innovations Collection: Smart Patch for Your Health : Tiny, Waterproof Patch with Sweat Based Sensors Source:  Northwestern University's Sweat-based Sensor Spots Health Conditions Re...

Author Ed Kane's Latest Book on Breakthrough Innovation - Travel, Vol. 2 My colleague journalist Ed Kane has just published a great book on the latest innovations in travel and transportation.  This is an accelerating area of innovation that is impacting all of us.  Here's a link to a journalist's take on what is the latest in travel innovation I mportant Innovations Collection: Important Innovations Collection - Travel, Vol. 2 : Important Innovations Collection - Travel, Vol. 2 by Edward Kane Important Innovations Collection - Travel: Volume Two Kindle Edition ...

Sony's Very High Tech AIBO - Robot Pet Source:  Sony's AIBO Sony says AIBO 2 is its most advanced and realistic robot pet.  They've designed it with new hardware, artificial intelligence, cameras, sophisticated sensors and a lot more.  It's amazing robotic technology with great personality.  For a news blog on this go to journalist Ed Kane's report Important Innovations Collection: AIBO New & Improved : New AIBO Pet Robot Source:  Sony's  AIBO Sony's High Tech Pet Sony has just launched a significantly upgraded version of the...