DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

LEXUS' VERY LUXURIOUS MINI-VAN

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• The new, 2024 Lexus LM (Luxury Mover) minivan is undoubtedly the world's most luxurious minivan
• Just unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show, the electric-hybrid vehicle is more like a limousine & is designed to be driven by a chauffeur
• This is the 2nd generation of the LM which is a huge hit in China, where it was solo launched in 2019
• The LM is so popular that parent company Toyota & Lexus are going to sell the Gen 2 version worldwide, with one exception - the US
• The exterior design is getting some rave reviews with its angular headlights, aerodynamic spoiler on the roof & huge Lexus Spinale grille
• The interior offers the ultimate in comfort with sensor-controlled Climate Control, 2 or 3 rows of very plush luxury seats, 48" HD monitor for passengers & Active Noise Control system
• Hybrid powertrain comes in 2 versions:  2.4-liter inline 4-cylinder engine plus electric engine or 2.5-liter inline 4-cyclinder engine plus electric engine
• All-wheel drive
• 4, 6, or 8 seat configurations
• No pricing has been announced yet. but it is going on sale in 2024.

NEW MICRO HOVERCRAFT FROM JAPAN GOES VIRAL

                                                Source Micro Hovercraft Laboratory

• Japanese inventor Hideyasu Ito, in his Micro Hovercraft Laboratory, has created a personal hovercraft that he believes anyone can build for themselves 
• His innovation has gone viral on Youtube and other social media
• Hovercraft are very expensive playtoys for the very rich;  Ito's is a DIF for everyone & that's a big story
• Ito started out experimenting with leaf blowers and now has innovated a vehicle with an electric drive
• It's a twin blower with 4 air skirts & 8 ducted fans for hovering & forward flight
• Ito has created 9 micro hovercrafts that resemble a hover motorcycle or hoverbike
• This has the potential of being great new travel innovation that lifts above the surface on a cushion of air that could become viable & fun for many.

NYU SCIENTISTS ON BRINK OF REVERSING GREYING HAIR

                                 Source: Stock Hair Color Images

• When you hit your early twenties, for many, all of a sudden your hairdresser says "You've got a few white hairs!!  And you are shocked & in disbelief
• Fortunately, some scientific help is now on the way for anyone looking at a head of greying hair & it's coming from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• NYU researchers believe that they've found the cause & the potential cure for greying hair
• Cause:  stem cells that get stuck & immobilized in hair follicles as we age, which causes the hair to lose color because of the lack of access to color pigment cells
• Solution: NYU scientists are working to give more mobility to the cells
• Focus:  Researchers have found stem cells with the unique ability to move between growth compartments in the follicles, which they are continuing to pursue
• Potential of this:  Billions of people could retain their hair color without having to get it dyed by the hairdresser or by themselves at home to escape that aging, greying look & that would be a much better great, ageless, ongoing look.

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