DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF              

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

WEIGHT LOSS PILL TRICKS MUSCLES THEY EXERCISED

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• Scientists from Univ. of Florida and Univ. of Missouri have created a weight loss injection that makes muscles think they exercised and boosts the body's metabolism.  Here's what we know:

1. The medication is called SLU-PP-332
2. It lowers cholesterol and reduces fatty liver
3. The scientists who created it say it makes the body act like it's in training for a marathon
4. The medicine targets proteins in the DNA that turns on genes controlling the body's use of energy, which enables calorie burning without exercise
5. The medication essentially guides skeletal muscle to make the same changes that you would see from endurance training
6. Additionally, the drug was shown to allow mice to run 70% longer and 45% further
7. Next steps are to move beyond testing it on mice, to other animals and then humans
8. This is medicine on the cutting edge with a pill doing the exercise for you.

SOLAR PANELS ON EV'S COULD CUT CHARGING BY 50%

• University of Lisbon researchers have measured the benefits of adding solar panels to car and the benefits are significant and big.  Here's what we know:

1. The researchers studied the effectiveness of solar panels on cars in 100 different cities, providing an additional 7 to 18 miles/day on EVs
2. On average the research showed that adding solar panels reduced charging times in half for EVs
3. They found that in urban areas the amount of unfiltered sun that reaches street level is what is critical - building & tree shadows reduce the positive results
4. Results show that solar power significantly increases driving range which can be dramatic in cities where driving distances are much less
5. Study found that in less favorable environments solar power can still reduce operating costs, charge times and frequency
6. Important implications:  cities are currently the main market for EV's and given the smaller distances travelled in cities, solar-powered cars should be emerging as big players.

HORIZON eVTOL IS A BIGGER PLAYER

                                        Source:  Horizon

• Horizon Aircraft just announced it has expanded its flying taxi to a 7-seater, which places it among the biggest eVTOLs.  Here's what we know:

1. The company did extensive flight-testing results on its 50%-sized prototype along with sophisticated aerodynamic, electrical and structural analysis and decided to go with 7-seats
2. Called Cavorite X7
3. Hybrid-electric experimental eVTOL aircraft
4. Range is 500 miles
5. Maximum speed is 250 mph
6. Unique tech includes recharging its batteries while flying
7. Unique fan-in-wing technology
8. Bigger seating capacity to 7 lowers passenger-seat-miles-cost
9. Uses ideal for 50-to-500-mile travel routes like regional passenger commutes, medical evacuations, military, cargo transport and disaster relief
10. Company is targeting making this eVTOL bigger.

 "Daily Innovation Brief"© By Edward Kane