Important Innovations

Fourth Innovation Book Available for Free on Kindle If you're interested in the latest innovations in travel like passenger drones, air taxis, the Rolls Royce of Flying Cars and much more, you might want to take advantage of the free borrow on Kindle just enabled by author/journalist Ed Kane.  For more information, go to Important Innovations Collection: Latest Innovation Books -4th Free Borrow on Kindle... : My Books I've just made a fourth book available to the Kindle Lending Library for free borrowing.  The books contain my news summaries...

China Investing and Building a "Star in a Jar" Source:  China's Nuclear Fusion Reactor in Hefei, China China Targets 2040 for Nuclear Fusion Power Generation Nuclear fusion power generation is a source of clean, renewable energy.  The nuclear fusion of hydrogen into the heavier element helium is how the sun and stars have remained burning for billions of years.  That's why a nuclear fusion reactor is called a "star in a jar".  It is a powerful source of energy but with many technological barriers yet to be overcome. News now that China is funding and constructing their own star in a jar to generate clean electricity by around 2040. Artificial Sun China calls their Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak Reactor (East) the "Artificial Sun".  It's located in Hefei, Anhui province, China.  They are developing their experimental reactor to start generating electricity and commercializing it by 2040. China is a Leader in Renewable...

New Innovation Books by Edward Kane Just Enabled Free Borrowing on Kindle Lending Library If you're interested in the latest, top innovations, there's a great opportunity to borrow for free books of news summaries on top global innovations by national journalist Edward Kane. The opportunity was just enabled by Ed in the Kindle Lending Library.  The books cover significant new innovations in medicine, travel and improving the environment and are co-authored by me.  For details, go to Important Innovations Collection: Latest Innovation Books - Free Borrow on Kindle : My Books I've just made several of my books available to the Kindle Lending Library for free borrowing.  The books contain my news sum...

SpaceX Aces First Commercial Launch Source:  SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Falcon Heavy - World's Most Powerful Rocket SpaceX's first commercial mission for its Falcon Heavy rocket could not have gone better.  For owner Elon Musk it provided a dramatic demonstration of SpaceX's capabilities.  The world's most powerful rocket - Falcon Heavy - successfully launched and sent a commercial satellite for Arabsat of Saudi Arabia into orbit.  Then, Falcon Heavy's three booster rockets safely landed back on earth. It's was a great victory.  For a great news blog with more details, go to Important Innovations Collection: SpaceX Big Victory for Elon Musk : Successful Launch of World's Most Powerful Rocket Source:  Falcon Heavy Lift-Off Took Off With the Force of 18 Passenger Jets Sp...

Safe Robotic Co-Worker Source:  UC Berkeley's Blue Learns on the Job with Humans The roboticists at the University of California Berkeley call it Project Blue.  Blue robot is AI enabled and can safety learn tasks while working side by side with humans. It learns by reinforcement learning or trial and error. The Berkeley team has created what they call a "human safe" robot. Weaker Robot is a Better Robot The team worked on the premise that the stronger the robot the more dangerous it can be to humans.  When a robot makes a mistake, it can damage itself and people nearby.  As a result, Blue features flexible plastic arms with rounded edges that can be easily pushed away.  The team purposefully designed a weak robot that can perform significant, useful tasks because "weaker is safer". Low Cost The team says Blue is a low-cost, backdrivable, 7-DOF robotic manipulator.  The robot not only safely works side by side with humans.  It can also make...

New Innovation to Forward Constant Use of Green Energy Source:  Vattenfall Salt-Based Storage Tech for Wind and Solar Power The main disadvantage of wind and solar power is their intermittent stop and start nature.  SaltX of Sweden has a new technology solution.  It's a salt based power storage system that Vattenfall, the Swedish power producer, is putting to an industrial level test.  If this works, it could make wind and solar energy more constantly available for our use.  The test is based in Berlin and goes through the summer.  For more details, go to Important Innovations Collection: Making Green Energy More Constantly Useable : Renewable Energy Innovation from Sweden New Salt-Based Storage Technology System For Green Energy Vattenfall is a Swedish power produc...

Massive Solar Thermal Power Project Megalim Starts Up in Israel Source:  Israel's Megalim Solar Project  Renewable Energy: Multi Billion Dollar Solar Valley The Megalim Solar Project in Israel is now in commercial operation. It's being called Israel's Multi-Billion Dollar Solar Valley. This is the largest renewable energy project in Israel and one of the largest and most complex in the world. It's a huge, concentrated solar thermal power plant delivering renewable energy in the Negev Desert. It's provides a daily clean energy supply to Israel's National Grid. It reminds you of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's promise 60 years ago "to make the desert bloom again". Commitment to Renewable Energy Israel is committed to reaching a goal of 10% of its electricity generation from renewables by 2020. The Megalim is a big part of that goal and it's one of the largest solar plants of its kind in the world. It is a joint ve...