Important Innovations

  D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane YOUR PERSONAL 1-SEAT eVTOL                                                                          Source:  McClic MC One Monaco-based eVTOL company McClic just launched the MC One, a personal flying machine that's a coaxial octocopter It's a streamlined, easy to use, one-seater that's essen...

  DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane NEW MG CYBERSTER SPORTSCAR                                                                                                                           ...

Lab Scent Detection Dogs Being Trained Source:  UPENN Labs - AP University of Pennsylvania Innovative Program A team of 8 Labrador Retrievers are being trained to sniff out people  carrying the Coronavirus.  This  is an experimental pilot training program  being conducted at the renowned University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and its Working Dogs Center.  Trained scent detection dogs have been successful in spotting types of cancer and bacterial infections. Search Dogs Trained search dogs work with the military and police departments globally to search out explosives, drugs and humans trapped in collapsed buildings.  They operate on their keen sense of smell. Scientists have discovered that people carrying the coronavirus emit a unique scent.  The dogs are being trained to detect the scent. Potential Uses Include Airport Screenings The Penn scientists believe...

Real Time, Advanced Monitor for When Fido is Home Alone Source:  PetNow Seeing Your Dog's POV PetNow of Toronto, Canada has invented what they're calling the world's 1st, wearable, High Definition camera for dogs.  It shows you the world from your dog's perspective.  And, most importantly, it is a real time monitor, loaded with technology, that shows you exactly what your dog is doing when they're home alone.  The smart camera is WiFi enabled and sits in a harness around the dog's neck.  The system also has 2-way, live audio that allows you to communicate to your pet in real-time. Home Security This advanced dog security monitoring system can be detached from the dog's harness and function as a standard home security camera. For the dog POV, the video from the camera can be lived streamed to a paired device via the internet.  The device can store, record, share the video and capture still images.  As mentioned, there's also a 2-way talk syste...

Does Heredity Influence Dog Ownership? Source:  Stock Image New British-Swedish Research Concludes Yes The scientists studied the dog ownership patterns of more than 35,000 pairs of twins.  They concluded that genetic variations explained more than half of the differences in dog ownership.  So owning a dog or not appears to be in your genes.  For a news blog on this new research, go to Important Innovations Collection: Heredity and Dog Ownership : New Swedish-British Scientific Research Source:  Stock Image Owning a Dog is in Your Genes This is fascinating and very substantive ...

Dogs Appear to Have Metacognitive Abilities Source:  Max Planck Institute Research from the Max Planck Institute Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History have performed some innovative research on dogs.  The scientists findings:  dogs know what they know and know what they don't know.  Dogs problem solve by actively seeking information. Canine Cunning Brains This new research strongly suggests that dogs have metacognitive abilities.  They're aware when they don't have enough information to solve a problem and actively search for what they need to know to get the desired results.  This is similar to how primates behave but it's the first time it has been documented in dogs. DogStudies Lab At the Institute's DogStudies Lab the scientists created a test in which the dogs had to find a reward - a toy or treat - behind one of two fences.  The scientists found that the dogs looked for significantly more informati...

Emory University's Dog Project Source:  Emory University - Eddie in an MRI Fido's Brain Scientists at Emory University have concluded that dogs have at the very minimum a basic neural representation of the meaning of words they've been taught.  They differentiate between words they know and those they've never heard before. Brain Imaging with Owners On Hand Giving Commands This is one of the first studies using brain imaging to study how dogs process words associated with objects.  We all know dogs learn to understand and obey verbal commands.  But there is no substantive scientific evidence on how they do it. Eddie and Friends 11 dogs joined Eddie, pictured above, in the Dog Project, along with their owners.  The dogs were trained to voluntarily enter an MRI and remain motionless without any sedation while scanning occured.  2 objects, a stuffed animal and rubber toy, were used to monitor how the dogs associated the objects with words. ...