Important Innovations

  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

  DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane FLYING ON HYDROGEN & MAKING HISTORY                                             Source:  ZeroAvia In the UK, the world's largest aircraft powered by hydrogen took flight for a history-making 10 minutes ZeroAvia, which is a British-American hydrogen-electric aircraft developer, produced the breakthrough prototype aircraft, Dornier 228, which performed exceedingly well during the flight The hydrogen plane taxi'd, took off, did a full circle pattern in the sky & then safely landed Dornier 228 is a 19-seat passenger plane with a twin-engine setup, retrofitted with a hydrogen-electric engine on the left wing Company is focused on developing 20-seat regional hydrogen commuter planes to 100-seat, long distance hydrogen planes ZeroAvia has a pipeline of customer orders including from Alaska Airlines The

Zero Emissions Aircraft Source:  ZeroAvia's hydrogen powered electric plane Carbon Free, Sustainable Flying ZeroAvia, headquartered in Hollister, CA, is building aircraft powered by hydrogen fuel cells.  It recently flew a modified aircraft with a 350 horsepower powertrain, driven by hydrogen fuel cells.  The US company is part of the UK's HyFlyer initiative which is targeted at moving electric aircraft away from batteries toward fuel cells. Hydrogen Flights ZeroAvia argues that hydrogen fuel cells are highly effective and efficient for electric planes.  They are far lighter and less volatile than batteries.  In fact the ignition point for hydrogen is much higher than for jet fuel or lithium-ion batteries.  Because hydrogen is so light, it tends to disperse rather than collect.  Most importantly an electric powertrain powered by hydrogen fuel cells is twice as efficient as an internal combustion engine. Hydrogen's Future The current drag on the use of hydroge