Important Innovations

Smart Fabric, Perfect Temperature Source:  University of Maryland  Pioneering Research Leading to Comfort Adjusting Clothing University of Maryland researchers have created the world's first wearable material that automatically adapts its insulating capabilities to changes in its environment.  This is a world first in fabric.  It's been engineered with specially designed yarn coated with conductive metal.  For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: Smart Fabric, Perfect Temperature : First Ever Fabric that Automatically Adjusts to Environment Source:  University of Maryland New Temperature Adjusting Fabric This i...

New Device Captures the Heart's Energy Source:  Dartmouth College Implants Powered By Electricity from Heart Beats This is fascinating and very promising research from Dartmouth College engineers funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH),  The Dartmouth team have created a dime sized device that harvests the kinetic energy of a beating heart to generate electricity and power a biomedical device indefinitely. It's an implant, a heart pacemaker, powered by a beating heart. Dime-Sized Device What is so interesting is this is a dime sized device.  It relies on a thin film - piezoelectric film - attached to a pacemaker's lead.  It converts heart beats' kinetic energy into electricity to power the pacemaker implant. NIH Funded Research with Other Implant Device Applications This is essentially an organ energy harvesting device that could work beyond the heart and for other organs such as kidneys.  The Dartmouth team's three years of research results

Self-Repairing Material that Could Be a Gamechanger in Manufacturing Source:  University of Southern California Important, Brand New Material that Self-Repairs Engineers at the University of Southern California have invented a 3D printed material that self-repairs.  Experts believe it could revolutionize manufacturing, particularly tire and electronics manufacturing.  For a great news blog on this go to Important Innovations Collection: Gamechanging Self Healing Material : New Material is 3D Printed Source:  University of Southern  California Could Revolutionize Tire and Electronics Manufacturing It&#39...

Free Codes for Free Audiobook on Audible Audible has provided us with codes to distribute for free audiobooks of Important Innovations Collection - Travel, written by my journalist colleague Edward Kane and narrated by me.  We are both television news journalists.  The book is a compendium of professional news summaries on the latest and greatest in travel innovation.  For details, go to Ed's blog at Important Innovations Collection: Innovations in Travel : Important Innovations Collection - Travel Audible Important Innovations Collection - Travel is live on Audible.  The book contains the...

Smart Touch, Smart Phone, Smart Touch Enables Visually Impaired to Stay Connected This is great innovation.  China's technology giant Alibaba has invented a tactile interface film  for smartphone displays to aid the visually impaired when using the phone. The film has three buttons including Braille, confirm and go back.  The film will be available in 2020 and Alibaba does not intend to make a profit on it.   For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: Smart Touch, Smart Phone, Smart Film : Alibaba's Humanitarian Smart Phone Film Source:  Alibaba Enables Visually Impaired to Stay in Touch, Shop, Pay Bills This is gr...

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Important Innovations in Travel and Transportation Source:  Hypersonic Jet Concept If you're looking for additional resources dedicated to the latest innovations in autos, planes, ships and all kind of machines, I wanted to make you aware of a Kindle book you can borrow for free from the Kindle library.  It's Important Innovations Collection - Travel written by my fellow journalist Edward Kane.  Here's a link to the free library book  ASIN: B07JCQ4J78 .  And for background on Ed's television news journalism and writings, go to  amazon.com/author/ekane

Boeing Goes Supersonic Source:  Aeriion's As2 supersonic passenger jet Boeing Invests Big in Supersonic Tech Company Aerion Boeing is teaming up with a Nevada based company Aerion on the next generation of supersonic jets. Boeing announced it will provide engineering, manufacturing and test flight resources to bring Aerion's AS2, now a prototype, to market.  Boeing is also making a large financial investment. The amount wasn't disclosed. Cruising at 1,000 MPH+ The companies say the passenger jet will be capable of flying at Mach 1.4 or 1,038 mph/1,671 kmh. That is double the speed of current commercial jets.  The SST could get you to your destination in half the time.  Boeing says the time for supersonic flight has come.  The last supersonic flight in the US was in 2003 by the Concorde. The SST's were sidelined because of the noise from their sonic booms and high operational costs.  The new generation of supersonics are designed to be much quieter and fuel e

New Underwater Breathing and Resting Space for Divers Ocean Space Habitat This is new ocean innovation.  Ocean Space Habitat is an underwater habitat with battery powered fans that provides divers with a place to breath freely without their mask and rest before continuing their diving and ocean exploration.  The innovators have a larger, more specialized "underwater tent" under development to serve as a research station for scientists and their equipment.  For a more detailed news blog on this go to Important Innovations Collection: Habitat Offers Undersea Shelter : New Underwater Breathing Space for Divers Source: Ocean Space Habitat Underwater Innovation The underwater, sheltering space is call...

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Cornell University Behavioral Biologists AI Push Source:  Central African Republic Forest Elephants Wildlife Conservation AI Innovation A team of behavioral biologists from Cornell University are working in the Central African Republic.  Their focus is forest elephants which are endangered by high levels of poaching in the world's second largest forest.  The scientists are picking up and deciphering the elusive elephants' cries and vocalizations using 50 sensors over 480 square miles. Artificial Intelligence to the Rescue Using AI deep learning, they're analyzing the huge volume of recordings and picking out 15,000 elephant calls over a 3 week period to pinpoint elephant alarm calls, warning that something is wrong.  They are also testing prototypes for real-time detection of danger such as from poachers. AI Enabling Conservation Artificial intelligence is opening up new technologies that can dramatically improve the way we study and protect wildlife.  AI revolu

China's Robot Ship World's 1st Robot Ship System for Advanced Weather and Atmospheric Monitoring over Oceans China has built the world's first robotic, semisubmersible boat to launch small sounding rockets to monitor the atmosphere over oceans.  The purpose is to gather meteorological data to provide more accurate weather forecasts.  For a news blog on this emerging robotic technology, go to Important Innovations Collection: China's Robot Ship : World's First Robotic Ship System For More Accurate Weather Predictions Source:  China's Robot Ship Launches Small Sounding …  and  amazon.com/author/ekane

Breakthrough Research on Flexible Electronics Source:  University of Houston New Discovery May Speed-Up Commercialization of Flexible Electronics Researchers at the University of Houston have created stretchable semiconductors and integrated electronics.  They discovered that carbon nanotubes improve and enhance the performance, speed and mobility of flexible electronics.  Their work may accelerate the commercialization of smart devices like implantable bioelectronics, human-machine interfaces, robotic skin and much more.  For a great news blog with more details, go to  Important Innovations Collection: Breakthrough in Flexible Electronics : Stretchable Semiconductors and Integrated Electronics Source:  University of  Houston New Research May Bring Flexible Electronics Cl...