DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
AT THE FOREFRONT OF WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY
- Texas-based startup AST SpaceMobile has secured major strategic investment money from Google, AT&T AND Vodaphone to build a space-based cellular network. Here's what we know:
- This is the world's first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible by smart phone
- It has the potential to give connectivity to 5.5 billion devices when they are out of coverage areas
- $206.5 million invested by Google, AT&T and Vodaphone to develop it
- AST SpaceMobile operates the world's largest commercial communications array in low-Earth orbit, the BlueWalker 3 Satellite
- AST claims to be at the forefront of wireless innovation in the emerging space-based cellular direct-to-device market
- Their goal: close the global connectivity gap by bringing 5G broadband services from space to billions of people with smart phones.
ELECTRO-SHOCKING YOUR MUSCLES INTO SHAPE
- South Korea-based Barunbio Energywear workout clothes deliver low power electrical stimulation all over the body to speed muscle gain. Here's what we know:
- This high-tech workout gear collects electrical energy produced by the body and redistributes it
- Company says 20 minutes of lunges while being zapped equals 2 hours of workout
- No battery needed - body movement powers it
- Micro-electric stimulation from the exercise and clothing activates muscle cells
- Barunbio Energywear is stitched with special fibers that conduct electricity
- Their product WE-Stim leggings (wearable electric stimulation leggings) just won an Innovation Award at CES 2024
- The micro-electricity that we all produce but dissipate and loose in normal exercise outfits is captured and directed to muscles in Energywear, including WE-Stim
- The company claims their electrical stimulation gear improve performance by 30%, reduces fatigue by 6% and offers anti-aging benefits.
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