DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
GORGEOUS, POWERFUL, 1000 HP FLYING CAR
- The Fusion JC7 flying/driving concept car is the vision of California-based designer and former US Navy & United Airlines pilot Greg Brown
- Except for the huge fin in the rear, the flying car looks like a futuristic Italian supercar
- For driving, it is fully electric
- 2 Tesla motors at the front & rear pump out 1,000 hp
- Powered by LG Chem batteries, it gets 150 miles range, produces 920 lb-ft of torque & goes from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds
- For flying, it has 2 Williams FJ-33 jet engines
- It gets 750 miles of range on its 300-gallon fuel tank
- Cruising speed of 520 mph in the air
- Design is currently undergoing testing
- Brown says the wings, engines & other components are similar to that of business jets & they work
- Brown is looking for a development partner
- Likely price to purchase one: $2.5 million.
WORLD'S 1ST ROBOT LAWYER GETS SUED
- The world's 1st robot lawyer, DoNotPay, was set to make history by advising a defendent in court but is getting sued for practicing without a law degree
- The lawsuit has been filed by the Chicago law firm Edelson with charges including "masquerading as a licensed legal practitioner" and providing legal counsel without a law degree
- The founder of DoNotPay, Joshua Browder, alleges that prosecutors threatened him with 6 months in jail if he brought the robot into court, so he didn't
- He says the allegations made against DoNotPay are not true & that the robot provides solid legal counsel
- Edelson alleges DoNotPay does not provide sound legal advice & services
- DoNotPay uses AI to provide counsel and advice
- The technology works in the chat format with the robot asking questions, analyzing answers, providing advice and then generating appropriate documents
- The litigation is pending.
STEM CELLS TO RE-GROW HUMAN LIMBS
- Chinese scientists have used stem cell technology to grow mini-antlers on the foreheads of mice
- This scientific breakthrough could enable humans to regrow lost limbs
- The scientists achieved this breakthrough by transplanting, to the mice, stem cells from deer, which regrow their antlers every year, thanks to stem cells at the base of the antlers
- The hope is that this procedure could help repair bones and cartilage and even regrow lost limbs in humans
- The research was done by scientists at Northwest Polytechnical University in Xi'an, China
- Experts say these results could have significant benefits for regenerative medicine in treating skeletal injuries and limb regeneration.
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