DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


NEW LIFE SAVING CANCER & HEART DISEASE VACCINES

                                                            Source:  Stock Image


  • Cambridge, MA based Moderna says it expects to offer new, lifesaving vaccines that prevent cancer, heart disease & other untreatable conditions by 2030 & perhaps even earlier in 2028
  • The message of hope for patients & their families comes from Moderna Chief Medical Officer Dr. Paul Burton
  • The magic bullet is advances in messenger RNA technology, 1st used by Moderna in its Covid vaccine, that is now enabling breakthrough new vaccines 
  • Of particular promise is a personalized cancer vaccine that targets different tumor types, that Dr. Burton says could save "millions of lives"
  • The personalized cancer vaccine is being co-developed by Moderna & Merck
  • New vaccines under development at Moderna include those targeted at:  infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, rare diseases, cancer & cardiovascular disease.

NEW CAR CONCEPT INSPIRED BY VIDEO GAMES

    
Source:  Cupra

  • New sporty, aerodynamic electric car concept Urban Rebel has a highly innovative interior design, inspired by video games
  • Spanish automaker Cupra plans to put the 100% electric vehicle into production and on the market in 2025
  • Cupra calls Urban Rebel the electric car of the future with its cutting-edge design that brings "a world of emotions at your fingertips" through connectivity
  • Interior design puts the driver at the center of the technological action
  • Dual LED screens appear on either side of the driver at the touch of a button
  • Also, a heads-up display system providing the driver with all the information they need
  • Interior lighting hues of green & purple designed to enhance the interior's connection to the virtual world
  • Sustainable interior with unique steering wheel with video gaming console-like controls
  • This highly innovative EV has the excitement of a video game on wheels.

NYPD'S ROBOTIC POLICE FORCE REPORTS FOR DUTY
                                                           
                                                            Source:  Office of Mayor of NYC

  • New York City's Police Department is doing very smart, high tech robotic policing
  • 3, new hi-tech policing devices have reported to the department for duty:  a Boston Dynamics Spot robodog named Digidog; a GPS advanced tracking system for stolen cars and a security robot for foot patrols
  • Remote controlled, 70 pd., K9 robot Digidog is highly mobile & will be deployed to assess & move into high-risk situations like a hostage standoff in an effort to keep police officers out of harm's way
  • The GPS tracking system called StarChase enables police to launch a GPS tag that attaches itself to the stolen car & pinpoints the exact location for police to seize it
  • The K5 Autonomous Security Robot will start its service at the Times Square subway station as a crime deterrent with autonomous patrols
  • Some police reform activists and civil libertarians are calling the robo crime fighters an overreach
  • Digidog is actually coming back to the NYPD and "out of the pound" after being cut a few years ago when critics complained to then Mayor DeBlasio that he was "creepy".

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