DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF 

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

WORLD 1ST E-CAR/BOAT HYBRID THAT FLIES OVER THE WATER

                                                                Source: Poseiden AmphibWorks

• Trident LS-1 is an electric car-boat hybrid that flies over the water like a plane.  It's a technological first.  Here's what we know:
• It's a revolutionary electric car-boat hybrid - the world's 1st hydrofoil electric car-boat
• Invented and developed by Poseiden AmphibWorks of San Diego and Miami; founder and CEO Steve Tice
• Uses hydrofoils to fly over the water at 3-feet
• Designed for smooth travel on water to prevent seasickness
• On land it drives on 3-wheels
• On land can travel up to 60 mph
• To operate it, you need a driver's license and proper boat registration
• Can drive directly into the water
• Expected to appeal to people who live on the coast, near rivers and on islands
• Trident LS-1 is designed for easy day-to-day commuting on land and sea
• For instance, in a city like Boston, this would enable you to hop off Storrow Drive and onto the Charles River for your commute to the office
• Company is also looking into using the vehicles as water taxis
• Cost projected in the $100,000 to $130,000 range
• Has all standard safety features
• Center drivers seat with 2 passenger seats in the rear
• Goes into prototype production later this year
• Look like an extraordinary new way to travel.

GOOGLE USING AI & COMPUTING POWER AGAINST CC

                                                                

                                            Source:  MethaneSAT & Stock

• Google is using AI and its powerful computing capabilities to map and track the world's biggest methane emitters and make it public.  Here's what we know:
• Google is partnering with the environmental nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund on the Climate Change project
• They'll use data from the satellite MethaneSAT that launches next month
• MethaneSAT is a partnership led by the EDF, Harvard, the New Zealand Space Agency, among others
• Using emissions data from space, they'll create a map of the world's biggest oil and gas methane emitters
• Using Google's AI and computing power, they'll drill down on nearby oil and gas infrastructure to determine the type of equipment - like oil tanks - that are the big leakers of greenhouse gases
• The pollution data and the polluters will be available later this year on the Google Earth Engine platform, which is free to the news media, researchers and nonprofits
• The purpose is to expose significant sources of climate warming emissions to the world.

 "Daily Innovation Brief"© By Edward Kane