DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

         By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

BMW TO MAKE HYDROGEN POWERED CARS

                                                                

                                                                    Source:  BMW

• German luxury brand BMW says it will make hydrogen powered cars
• Its strategy:  hydrogen is a great addition & alternative to electric battery power because EVs won't work for everyone everywhere, particularly where there are not enough charging stations to service widespread use

• BMW is now pushing ahead with production of hydrogen vehicles after manufacturing a few hydrogen versions of its luxury X5 SUV late in 2022
• Hydrogen has a number of compelling benefits:  zero carbon emissions, refueling in a few minutes & a very long range
• The big challenge concerning the widespread use of hydrogen cars is the lack of hydrogen fueling stations, particularly in the US and UK
• The UK has only 7 hydrogen fueling stations, while Germany is building a network of hydrogen fueling stations with 100 at the present time.

ROBO-SHARK CLEANS POLLUTION IN LONDON'S RIVER THAMES

                               Source:  WasteShark, Aqua Libra

• London is deploying a robotic shark to clear the River Thames of up to 1,100 pounds of pollution per day, the equivalent of 22,700 plastic bottles
• Called "WasteShark" it is dispatched from Canary Wharf and can do 3.1 miles of river pollution cleaning before needing a recharge
• Britvic-owned Aqua Libra, the owner/operator of WasteShark, hopes to re-cycle the collected waste wherever possible to expand and expedite the cleanup process
• WasteShark also collects data on the Thames water quality as it rolls along the river
• The robot is 61.8" long, 20.4" tall and 42.9" wide and weighs nearly 160 pounds
• Maximum speed is 1.8 mph
• Autonomous mode provides 6 hours duration
• WasteShark is also operational in South Korea, UAE and South Africa.

GOOGLE'S NEW MAGIC AI WAND

                                Source:  Google

• Google's Bard is a new, generative AI system designed as a competitor to Chat GPT
• Just unveiled, this new AI powered Magic Wand works on Google Gmail and Workspace to create new capabilities on docs, blogs, emails and presentations for the user
• Google AI creates text triggered by bullet points that can produce emails, pictures, marketing material and audio
• This system is designed to significantly reduce your workload and time through AI
• This new offering starts with a test group in the US
• But, Google is offering it to the public very soon.