DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF              

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


SAMSON SKY SWITCHBLADE - FLYING VEHICLE OF THE FUTURE



                                        Source:  Samson Sky

  • Switchblade is paving the way for cars in the air. It's a real plane and a real car combination, that has successfully flown and is street legal. Here's what we know:
  • Has 3 wheels and folding wings
  • Wings and tail can extend in 3 minutes for flying
  • It's road legal and can drive to the airport and then transition to flight
  • One version can fly through clouds with zero visibility
  • Has FAA airworthiness approval
  • Just completed its 1st successful test flight
  • For 14 years, it's been through design and rigorous testing and is heading to market
  • It's in huge demand with the 2-seat version getting 2300 reservations
  • High performance car with unique hybrid electrical system and uses auto gas (91 octane unleaded gas)
  • 3-cylinder, 1.0 liter engine with 190 hp
  • To fly it you'll need a private pilot's license
  • Speed:  up to 200 mph
  • Range:  450 miles
  • Altitude:  up to 13,000 feet
  • Comes in 2 versions:  
  1. $170,000 version for clear weather condition flying
  2. $196,000 version for various weather condition flying, including cloudy with zero visibility.  
OPEN AI'S CHAT GPT TURNS ONE


 Source:  AI Stock


  • Hard to believe but ChatGPT, one of the most transformative technologies of our time, is turning 1-year-old.  Here are some key facts:
  • It's powered on a large language model trained on 570 gigabytes of data containing 300 billion words
  • It, along with its competitors in the generative AI sector, are in the process of fundamentally changing business, communications, the arts, jobs, professions and much more
  • Just in terms of productivity, it could add $4.4 trillion to the global economy per year
  • ChatGPT is the fastest growing app in history
  • While there are concerns about its unregulated potentialities, it is already improving, disrupting and upending our lives every day.


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