Important Innovations

    D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane PUFFER JACKET WITH BEER-POWERED COOLING SYSTEM                                                        Source:  Izzy Du London-based fashion designer Izzy Du and Tiger Beer have teamed-up to produce a puffer jacket that can cool you off by 40-degrees Fahrenheit in the hot temperatures of summer by the power of beer. Here's what we know: It's called the Tiger Summer Puffer The jacket is unique and such a counterintuitive remedy to cool off in the heat It's a puffer to wear to cool off in summer Will be unveiled at Paris Fashion Week It's bright orange with a network of hidden tubes filled with cold beer that is pumped throughout the jacket Looks like a normal puffer jacket but it's a form of personal air conditioning  The beer tubes make contact with arteries close to the skin to cool the body fast Integrated cooling system is on the back of the jacket Powered by an internal br

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane  MIT'S FAST-THINKING AI FOR VERY SMART ROBOTS                                                                           Source:  Stock Home Robots MIT researchers have created a new AI system for household robots that makes them smarter & faster by enhancing their capabilities to plan & problem solve by 80% Called PIGINet, the AI quickens the robot's reaction time and decision-making on how to respond to owners' orders in the fast-paced dynamics of a family household Until now, household robots have relied on a pre-determined set of actions and, as a result, are seldom quick PIGINet stands for "Plans, Images, Goals, Initial Facts"  The neural network assimilates the facts and then helps to quickly determine the robot's responses to requests from the household The roboticists fe

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane BMW's VERY SMART CAR                                                                 Source:  BMW                BMW'S new 5 Series Saloon is so smart it suggests when to change lanes and, with the driver's approval, changes lanes on its own Driver agrees with the lane change suggestion by looking briefly at the side mirror There's a camera behind the steering wheel to monitor the gaze of the driver Lane change technology is called ActiveLane Change Assistant that tracks driver eye movements The lane change technology is a world first, works up to the car going speeds of 85 mph and can be turned on & off This is a powerful EV that can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in 3.3 seconds, is available for sale in October 2023 & is priced to start at $61,530 5 Series Saloon is all-electric and has a

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane ELON MUSK TEASES 2 NEW TESLA EVs                                                  Source:  Tesla At his annual Tesla Shareholders Meeting, CEO Elon Musk teased two more upcoming Tesla EVs Musk said the design of the vehicles and the manufacturing technologies to produce them are way beyond anything currently on the global EV market During his speech, a teaser vehicle image was presented behind   him It strongly suggests that Musk is going to deliver his promised $25,000 affordable, all-electric hatchback The other EV teased is also expected to be much more affordable in order to sell it into mass markets Musk says he'll produce 5 million of these 2 EVs per year Other important revelations & innovations from Musk: He says Tesla has nailed autonomous driving, which would be a global breakthru Long-awaited

  DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane ELON MUSK'S OPTIMUS ROBOT                                                            Source:  Tesla Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled Tesla's new humanoid robot, which contains the type of technology that he claims will provide "a fundamental transformation of civilization as we know it" Optimus, which is getting some rave reviews, stands 5'8" tall & weighs 125 pounds It can travel at speeds up to 5 mph Musk says it is primarily designed for dangerous & also boring factory jobs and is a friendly "good companion" Optimus navigates with the autopilot computer that's used in Tesla EVs to recognize real world objects around it & avoid crashes  The screen on the bot's face is an interactive interface that enables it to communicate with people This is a very impo

  DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane TOP TECH LEADERS WARN OF AI'S POTENTIAL RISKS                                                                         Source: Stock Images Dozens of the worlds leading technologists, including Elon Musk, are calling for a 6-month pause by AI labs in the development of large, powerful AI systems The Open Letter, also signed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak & IBM Chief Scientist Grady Booch, says that new AI systems pose "profound risks to society & humanity" The tech giants say AI labs are locked in an "out-of-control race" to develop even more powerful, digital AI minds, that the creators don't understand, "can't predict or reliably control" If the labs don't self-impose a moratorium, the tech leaders are asking for governments to step in & do so The Ope

  DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane TOP TECH LEADERS WARN OF AI'S POTENTIAL RISKS Dozens of the world's leading technologists, including Elon Musk, are calling for a 6-month pause by AI labs in the development of large, powerful AI systems The Open Letter, also signed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak & IBM Chief Scientist Grady Booch, says that new AI systems pose "profound risks to society & humanity" The tech giants say AI labs are locked in an "out-of-control race" to develop even more powerful, digital AI minds, that the creators don't understand, "can't predict or reliably control" If the labs don't self-impose a moratorium, the tech leaders are asking for governments to step in & do so The Open Letter comes shortly after OpenAI GPT-4 (underpinning ChatGPT) was unveiled, with the

                  DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Maryanne Kane & Edward Kane BMW'S BIG HYDROGEN BET                                                                                Source:  BMW iX5 BMW has just launched its 1st 100 hydrogen-powered SUVs for demonstration and testing purposes in Germany Called the iX5, the vehicle contains Toyota hydrogen fuel cells, BMW iX hardware and a small 2.0 kWh battery The vehicles are being hand-built by BMW in Munich They are the result of decades of BMW research into hydrogen powertrains The HFCEV (hydrogen fuel cell EV) delivers 395 hp and a range of 310 miles, all while carrying 16 pounds of hydrogen fuel The hydrogen BMW's will be available for sale by 2030 Western Europe is currently building a network of hydrogen fueling stations for hydrogen powered trucks and cars, while in the US, only parts of California have hydrogen fueling stations operational BMW joins Toyota and Hyundai in developing hydrogen-powered vehicles fo