DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
HYUNDAI NEW e-VTOL TO DEBUT AT CES 2024
Source: Supernal
- Hyundai is going to highlight a new e-VTOL at CES 2024
- Hyundai and its AAM (Advanced Air Mobility) partner Supernal intend to build a vertiport, which will house their e-VTOL, so people attending the CES event in Las Vegas can see the future of transportation
- The vertiport is a mini airport designed for e-VTOL aircraft that can be located almost anywhere in cities or rural areas
- The Hyundai e-VTOL has a V-shaped tail and multiple rotors
- Rotors rotate 90-degrees
- Hyundai's e-VTOL should be available in 2028
- Hyundai's flying taxi can carry a pilot and 4 passengers
- In 2024, Hyundai and Supernal plan on flying a full-scale technology demonstrator
- Hyundai says their e-VTOL will be safe, clean, accessible and open up new travel routes.
THE BUZZ ON CC: SMART BEEHIVES
- New startup Beewise is using AI and connectivity to care for and monitor beehives in this challenging time of Climate Change. Here are some key facts:
- Bee populations globally are being decimated by Climate Change and the extreme weather and extreme temperatures that it's causing
- Bees, as pollinators, are integral to global food supplies
- Beewise, a new startup, has created a smart house for bees, called Beehome, which is AI smart and connected
- Some of its capabilities:
- Cameras to watch bee productivity and honeycomb growth
- Regulates temperatures
- Releases additional food to the bees, as needed, via an app
- Remotely closes to keep the bees safe from pesticides when farmers are using them
- AI analysis of data from the hives to track trends, provide R/T information to help beekeepers help the bee colonies to thrive
- Can inform a beekeeper that a hive is threatened and let then correct it before the hive is destroyed
- Currently seeking money from VC investors
- Company is headquartered in Israel with a US headquarters in San Francisco area
- Hopes to grow from monitoring 3,000 smart hives to 10,000.
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