DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane 

TRIUMPH MAKING A TRIUMPHANT RETURN

                        

                                                                      Source:  BMW

• The British iconic sports car brand Triumph is making a triumphant return from its 1984 retirement with a stunning, all electric, new concept car
• BMW owns the Triumph name and has partnered with the London-based automotive design firm Makkina to create the concept as a tribute to Triumph's 100th anniversary
• Here are some key details on the TR25:

1. Single-seat roadster
2. Based on TR2, launched in 1953
3. Classic touches like round headlights & rounded fenders
4. Futuristic touches like scissor doors, very aerodynamic styling, 21" alloy wheels
5. Chassis & body panels are carbon fiber
6. Minimalist interior
7. Fully electric with rear-mounted electric motor
8. 181 hp
9. Top speed of 115 mph & accelerates 0 to 62 mph in 5.2 seconds

• TR25 is a concept car but there are many car afficionados hoping BMW quickly puts it into production.

VIRTUIX ALLOWS YOU TO STEP INSIDE VR GAMING & MOVE

                                                                    Source:  Virtuix

• Austin, TX-based start-up Virtuix is re-defining virtual reality video gaming
• Its omni-directional VR OMNI One treadmills enable gamers to run, walk and even jump 360-degrees inside video games and virtual worlds
• The company says the full, freedom of motion capabilities the VR treadmill offers are a world first
• It's priced at $2595.00
• They're currently scaling up their business to expand their 300,000 registered player base and significantly increase production of their in-home VR locomotion device
• Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is a major investor in the company and the company is in a Kickstarter campaign to expand its investment funding.

"BASIC STUFF OF LIFE" FOUND ON MARS

                                            Source:  NASA

• NASA's Perserverance robotic rover has found diverse traces of preserved organic matter on Mars
• Organic matter is the "basic building blocks of life"
• The discovery was made in 2 rock formations on the floor of Jezero Crater, which scientists believe is a top location for finding any evidence of the existence of ancient life on Mars
• The organic material is estimated to be 2.3 to 2.6 billion years old
• Finding made by one of Perserverance's instruments SHERLOC or Scanning Habitable Environment Raman & Luminescence Organic & Chemical
• One of Perserverance's key goals is to determine if Mars hosted life in its ancient past
• The findings do not confirm that life once existed there but they do build on previous detections of organic molecules by Perserverance's predecessor Curiosity.

"Daily Innovation Brief" © By Edward Kane