DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

              By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


HYUNDAI'S UNIQUE FLYING CAR



                                      Source:  Hyundai & Stock

  • South Korea-based automaker Hyundai has filed for a US patent on a unique flying car concept:  a car with an attachable huge drone that flies it
  • Here are the key facts:
  1. This two-vehicle system is comprised of Hyundai's Walking car concept with legs to withstand the force and shock of the drone landing on its roof and the flying power of an oversized drone
  2. Will operate on 1 of Hyundai's big powertrains
  3. Fueled by multiple forms of green energy
  4. Car likely to be electric powered
  5. Drone likely to be hybrid powered, using hydrogen and synthetic fuel
  6. Drone is also envisioned as a mobile charging station that can fly in and charge a fully electric car either by wire or wirelessly
  • This new technology is Hyundai's unique vision of bringing 2 separate vehicles together for a purpose and a result far bigger than each
  • Hyundai believes the potential uses of this vehicle, including commuting, deliveries and rescue are many.

FROM ISRAEL, WORLD'S 1st AI-POWERED NEWS BROADCASTS


                                                        Source:  ACT News Avatars

  • Israel's ACT News has debuted what it calls "the world's 1st fully AI automated news edition presented by digital avatar clones of 2 well-known Israeli journalists, Miri Michaeli and Arit Segal" 
  • The ACT News digital avatar broadcast operation is a startup co-founded by Michaeli and Moshe Klughaft & can be viewed on TikTok as a news content channel
  • The startup is in the second round of fundraising and appears to be at the forefront of AI driven news broadcasting in the digital age
  • The avatars' voices are generated by AI and all scripts will be AI generated
  • The founding journalists say this new AI technological approach to journalism will save huge sums of money for news operations and free them up to create superior content
  • Critics worry it could result in biased, inaccurate content, lack transparency and cost highly skilled journalists new job opportunities.

VERY SMART HEALTH TATOO BEING DEVELOPED


                   Source:  Imperial College London & Stock


  • Researchers at Imperial College London are developing a highly advanced, next-generation health monitoring tattoo

  • What differentiates it is smart tattoo pigments, injected right under the skin, to monitor critical health biometrics like glucose levels
  • Potential - human skin becomes an interactive display of your current health
  • Examples of monitoring readouts:
  1. Changes in dehydration levels for a runner
  2. Blood sugar levels for diabetics
  3. Liver function changes
  4. Kidney function changes
  • This is not a normal tattoo & will require a dermatologist to inject the biosensor ink
  • Goal:  display health conditions on the skin in real-time
  • Next steps:  this new tech has performed successfully on animals and now goes into human trials.

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