DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF 

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

ARE YOU AND I JUST CHARACTERS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD?

                                                                Source:  Stock

• A physicist from the University of Portsmouth (UK) believes he has found clues to suggest we're living in a computer simulation.  Here's what we know:
• The physicist's clues:

1. Limits to how fast light and sound travel; this suggests that they are governed by the speed of a computer processor
2. He sees symmetry saving computational energy and power
3. Elementary particles are like pixels
4. Code for the advanced computer simulation is the law of physics
5. Professor Melvin Vopson believes the physical behavior of our information resembles the process of compressing code in a computer or the computer deleting it

• Bottomline:  If you ever feel like a small player in a massive production, this may be the answer.

IMPRESSIVE EV FOR UNDER $30,000

                                                

                                    Source:  ZEEKR

• Chinese automaker ZEEKR, which is owned by Geely, just broke the price barrier on its 007 electric car, for under $30,000.  Here's what we know:
• Very stylish aerodynamically designed electric sedan
• A whopping 540-mile range on a charge
• Powerful: goes from 0 to 62 mph in 2.84 seconds
• Prices start at under $30,000
• 50,000 pre-orders
• Some unique technologies in 007 include:

1. ADAS consisting of LIDAR sensor, 12 HD cameras and 5 millimeter wave radars for (semi) autonomous driving
2. New inhouse audio system
3. Integrated mega-capacity rear-end aluminum body
4. 800-volt platform with their unique lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells and battery packs

• Comes with single electric motor and dual electric motors AWD versions
• ZEEKR is expanding its global footprint beyond China into Europe
• This Chinese EV maker is hot and has filed for an IPO in the US.

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