DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
NEW ELECTRIC JET SKI CAN HIT 85 MPH
- On this Memorial Day Weekend, an epic electric jet ski is making big waves at speeds up to 85 mph. Here are some fun facts:
- Called Stormy Knight
- Inspired by Batman and his bat mobile
- Created by a collaboration between, Warner Bros., Wayne Enterprises and Silicon Valley sports craft company T3MP3ST
- Range of 75 miles with a 6-hour run time
- Top speed is a blistering 85 mph
- Equipped with a 100-kWh modular battery and a 350 hp electric motor
- Seats 4
- Advanced technologies like autonomous capabilities, and Garmin navigation that's compatible with iOS and Apple Watch voice command
- Limited edition of 27
- Handmade in the US
- 1300 pounds and 14' long
- Priced at $250,000.
NEW SCIENCE: THE COUNTING CROWS
- Did you ever imagine that the cackling, cawing crows in your yard were actually counting? Well, there's definitive new scientific research on crows counting out loud, just like humans do. Here are some key facts:
- The new research study by scientists at the University of Tubingen in Germany demonstrates that crows count and they do so out loud
- Their count is their caw
- They produce specific numbers of caws in correlation with specific numbers of visual and auditory stimuli
- The scientists found they can count up to 4
- The scientists say they have the same number skills as human toddlers
- Like a human the crows are able to understand the abstract number and then vocalize it
- These findings are a first in the animal kingdom: just like humans, crows are able to count the number of visual or audio prompts and then vocalize the number
- This is the latest piece of animal behavior research that revolutionizes thinking on how smart wild creatures around us actually are
- It has just been published in the Journal Science.
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