Important Innovations

Journalist Edward Kane's 7th Book:  IMPORTANT INNOVATIONS COLLECTION - THE BEST This book is a highly valuable resources on the latest, best global innovations.  In a professional news summary style, it showcases new innovations in Smart Devices, AI-AR, Medical, Energy, Robots and Travel.  It's a great read for anyone interested in the future and innovations.  You can even borrow it for free on Kindle. Important Innovations Collection: Important Innovations Collection - The Best : Latest Book on Innovation Book # 7 I've just published my seventh book on new, global innovations.  It's called "Importan...

Antbot Navigates by Following the Sun and Counting Its Steps Source:  Aix Marseille University Aix Marseilles University This is robotics inspired by the navigation system of a desert dwelling ant developed by scientists at Aix Marseilles University.  Antbot determines its location, motion and direction based on the light of the sun in the sky, how many steps it has taken and by watching objects that it has passed by. There is an optical movement sensor in the tiny robot that visually measures how far the bot has gone.  This bot doesn't require GPS to navigate.  It  is one special, robotic machine. Imitating Nature Thus far, Antbot can explore 46 feet and return to within 0.4 inches of its base.  Very impressive.  The research team thinks it would be very useful for search and rescue when no GPS is available.  And interestingly, they believe it will be very useful in the development of driverless car technology.

New Tech from Purdue University Source:  Purdue University Prof. Linda Wang Converting Plastic to Clean Oil Clean Oil from Plastic Waste Purdue University researchers have invented a new technology and chemical process that converts waste plastic to clean oil. New Tech & Chemical Process The researchers use hydrothermal liquefaction.  It works by converting materials to oil by heating them at moderate temperatures under pressure. The Purdue team used a common plastic and converted 91% of it to oil.  The oil is a clean fuel source, replaces up to 4% of diesel used annually and produces other valuable products. For a great news blog on this go to,  https://importantinnovationscollection.blogspot.com/2019/02/converting-plastics-to-fuel.html

First, Evidenced-based, Customized Vitamin System for the Individual Source:  Baze Optimizes Dose & Ingredients Based on Your Nutrient Needs An innovation company called Baze, with operations in Boston, Berlin, Zurich and San Francisco, has innovated a unique, individualized approach to personalized vitamins and nutrition.  They call it an evidenced-based personalized vitamin service. It starts with their new blood test, developed at MIT, that works with a push of a button in 5 minutes. Your Own Vitamins to Help Your Body's Personal Needs This is a brand new, individualized vitamin system that starts with your blood sample analyzed at Baze's company labs.  The analysis  details what nutrients your body needs to be supplemented.  The company customizes your specific vitamin pill regimen, files a prescription and directly delivers it to you.  For a great news blog, go to Important Innovations Collection: Personalized Vitamins : Customized to the Individual So

Free Audible Codes for Important Innovations Collection - Travel Audiobook Free Audiobook on Audible Audible is providing a limited opportunity to get the audiobook on innovations in travel by my journalist colleague Edward Kane for free.  I am the narrator of the audiobook.  Audible has provided us with codes for distribution that enables the recipient to get the book for free. It's a compendium of professional news summaries on the latest in travel innovations, including flying cars, hypersonic flights and space tourism by supersonic space craft.  If you're interested in enjoying the audiobook, go to Important Innovations Collection: Audible Codes Available for Important Innovations ... : New Audiobook Giveaway Hello Audiobook and Innovation Readers. I am the author and publisher of the non-fiction book "Important ...

Samsung's Smart Shirt Source: Samsung's Smart Shirt Sensors Monitoring Your Lungs Wearable Tech to Monitor Your Respiratory Health thru Your Smart Phone This is cutting edge, wearable tech to know if you, your baby or parent have a respiratory problem.   Is it a cold, pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis or a respiratory or lung problem?  Samsung's Smart Shirt has embedded sensors that answers questions to give you vital information if you need to go to a doctor or to the ER to get immediate help. It's very new medical innovation in a smart device - a shirt. For a great news blog on this, go to  Important Innovations Collection: Samsung's Smart Shirt : Samsung Is Launching Wearable Tech to Monitor Your Health Source:  Samsung's Smart Shirt Shirt Sensors Transmit Results to Your S...

Skaterbot Source:  ETH Zurich Plays Ice Hockey Too - Ice Skating Machine Roboticists at ETH Zurich have created the world's first ice skating robot.  It can even play ice hockey with humans.  Its name is Skaterbot and it is an incredible learner. Moves on the Ice Lead researcher Prof. Stelian Coros of the Computational Robotics Lab at ETH says the only thing his team did was to inform the robot how one skate worked and behaved on ice.  They then told Skaterbot it was free to move in the direction of the blades.  The robot took that information and figured out on its own how to move and skate on ice. Quadruped This is a modular, quadruped robot.  Based on the information provided by the team, the robot determines where its legs need to be to stay balanced on the ice.  The researchers believe their robot has many potential uses for deliveries, helping people and search and rescue.  It's remarkable innovation - a skating machine that performs so well as an ice skate

New Artificial Leaf Technology Could Help Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Converts CO2 to Oxygen 10Xs Faster than Real Leaves A team of engineers at University of Illinois at Chicago have created the world's first artificial leaf technology that works in the real world - outside, not just in the lab.  And, most importantly, it converts CO2 into oxygen 10Xs better than real leaves do.  For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: Artificial Leaves and Climate Change : New Artificial Leaves Convert CO2 into Oxygen 10X's Better Than Real Ones Source:  University of Illinois at Chicago Learning fr...

Humanoid Robot Artist - Ai-Da Source:  Engineered Arts - Ai-Da being prepped by roboticist Mike Humphrey Robotic Creation of Mastermind British Gallery Owner and Engineered Arts of UK This robot creation answers the question are robots creative? Yes, they are capable of creativity including the arts, such as sketching a face. Ai-Da is the robotic genius concept of British gallery owner Aiden Meller, being developed by UK based Engineered Arts.  This AI enabled robot is opening an exhibit of its art at Oxford in May and in London in November.  The photo shows Ai-Da being prepped with lifelike features by roboticist Mike Humphrey.  For a great news blog, go to Important Innovations Collection: Ai-Da Robot Artist : Can Robots Be Creative? Yes! Source:  Ai-Da's Robotic Arm Sketching a Portrait Meet Ai-Da, the Robot Artist British robot...

DARPA's AI System to Predict the Future KAIROS - Schema-based Artificial Intelligence System The US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA - is developing a schema-based, AI system to predict the future of major global events for the US government. This is a world first, knowledge-directed artificial intelligence reasoning over schema system. To put it simply, schema is common language people use to describe and make sense of global events. KAIROS Mission The purpose is to help the US Defense Department better understand and predict world events that could lead to chaos or unrest.  The end result is to provide actionable understanding and predictions on how major, dynamic events will unfold.  For a great news blog on this, go to my journalist colleague Ed Kane's blog at Important Innovations Collection: DARPA's Tech to Predict Future : KAIROS - System to Forecast the Future Source:  DARPA's KAIROS Project Combines AI and Sc

Turning Insects into Weapons for Good Protecting the Nation's Food Supplies The US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA- has a research project straight out of science fiction.  It's called Insect Allies.  The idea is to use insects, such as leafhoppers, aphids and white flies, to protect the nation's food supplies against drought, crop disease and bioterrorism. Controversial Insect Armies DARPA expects to achieve its "Insect Allies" goals by infecting the insects with engineered mutations and viruses that can be passed on to the plants to make them stronger or more resistant to biological attacks.  This project involves brand new technologies.  The concern and controversy is that the technologies could be used as weapons to destroy the enemy's crop supplies.  DARPA response:  most new technologies can be weaponized but that is not the purpose or intent of Insect Allies.  The goal is to protect the US food supply.

MIT-Harvard Smart Pill Source:  MIT Radical New Technology:  a Pill that Delivers Insulin A small pill has been invented by an MIT-Harvard research team that attaches to the lining of the stomach and delivers insulin.  Designed for those with Type One diabetes, the pill has been tested and performs as well as insulin injections.  It could be a very attractive alternative to insulin injections for diabetics.  Global experts are calling it exciting, "radical new technology".  For a news blog on it, go to my journalist colleague Ed Kane's blog at Important Innovations Collection: MIT-Harvard Smart Pill : Pill Microneedle Source:  MIT Radically New Technology Delivers Insulin Harvard, MIT and insulin manufacturer Novo Nordisk have inven...

US Military Adding Drones & Drone Defense Source:  FLIR's Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Drone New Innovation Arsenal The US has ordered $39 million worth of small reconnaissance drones for the US Army.  The Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Drones are manufactured by FLIR Systems. They are tiny, strategic, live video providing drones for soldier/operators on the battlefield. Nano-UAV's The drones are small enough to fit into a soldier's pocket or in the palm of their hand.  They are nano-UAV's (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and provide a view of the battlefield.  The tiny drones work day and night, with speeds up to 20 feet per second and at a distance up to 1.24 miles. Live Video They are nearly silent and provide constant covert surveillance of the battlefield for half an hour. During that time, they transmit live video and HD photos back to the operator.  They weigh an ounce and are a little more than 6 inches long.  This is incredible technolog