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DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane WEIGHT LOSS PILL TRICKS MUSCLES THEY EXERCISED                                                                                          Source:  Stock Scientists from Univ. of Florida and Univ. of Missouri have created a weight loss injection that makes muscles think they exercised and boosts the body's metabolism.  Here's what we know: The medication is called SLU-PP-332 It lowers cholesterol and reduces fatty liver The scientists who created it say it makes the body act like it's in training for a marathon The medicine targets proteins in the DNA that turns on genes controlling the body's use of energy, which enables calorie burning without exercise The medication essentially guides skeletal muscle to make the same changes that you would see from endurance training Additionally, the drug was shown to allow mice to run 70% longer and 45% further Next steps are to move beyond testi

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane FLYING CAR ROCKS THE DETROIT AUTO SHOW                                                                                           Source:  Alef Alef Aeronautics just pulled in unprecedented crowds at the Detroit Auto Show as it unveiled its flying-driving car, Model A prototype.  It could be flying and driving in 2025. Here's what we know: California-based flying car company Alef Aeronautics is proving to be one of the biggest contenders in the global flying car market Unusually large crowds gathered at the Detroit Auto Show to see the UFO-like, 2-seat flying car in its first public debut Alef plans to have the flying car in the sky and on the highway in 2025 Alef has 2800 orders for the vehicle It's backed by 18 big investors, including early Tesla investor Tim Draper Some specs on the flying car: 4 tires, each with its own motor for driving 8 propellers, each with independent software con

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane FLYING CAR ROCKS THE DETROIT AUTO SHOW                                                                                           Source:  Alef Alef Aeronautics just pulled in unprecedented crowds at the Detroit Auto Show as it unveiled its flying-driving car, Model A prototype.  It could be flying and driving in 2025. Here's what we know: California-based flying car company Alef Aeronautics is proving to be one of the biggest contenders in the global flying car market Unusually large crowds gathered at the Detroit Auto Show to see the UFO-like, 2-seat flying car in its first public debut Alef plans to have the flying car in the sky and on the highway in 2025 Alef has 2800 orders for the vehicle It's backed by 18 big investors, including early Tesla investor Tim Draper Some specs on the flying car: 4 tires, each with its own motor for driving 8 propellers, each with independent software con

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane AI DESIGNING & CREATING FOOD: EMERGING TREND                                                                            Source:  Stock & Kraft A megatrend is developing with AI creating and designing new foods and drinks to bring new flavors, more varieties and fresh innovations to the market.  Here's what we know: The AI food and drink sections of your supermarket is starting to stun with new products like digitally produced beef stew, Kraft AI cheese, new AI flavors of Coke, Beck Beer, wines and new varieties of vegan products AI is creating these products from the molecular level The trend is happening globally:  in China with AI ice cream; Hungary with AI power drinks, Chile with new varieties of AI cheese and more The AI food market is expected to hit $35 bill by 2028 - it's a hot area that just is getting cooking. NEW FORM OF SOLAR TRAVEL READIES FOR AN ENDURANCE FLIGHT     

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane AI DESIGNING & CREATING FOOD: EMERGING TREND                                                                            Source:  Stock & Kraft A megatrend is developing with AI creating and designing new foods and drinks to bring new flavors, more varieties and fresh innovations to the market.  Here's what we know: The AI food and drink sections of your supermarket is starting to stun with new products like digitally produced beef stew, Kraft AI cheese, new AI flavors of Coke, Beck Beer, wines and new varieties of vegan products AI is creating these products from the molecular level The trend is happening globally:  in China with AI ice cream; Hungary with AI power drinks, Chile with new varieties of AI cheese and more The AI food market is expected to hit $35 bill by 2028 - it's a hot area that just is getting cooking. NEW FORM OF SOLAR TRAVEL READIES FOR AN ENDURANCE FLIGHT     

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane VOLTAERO E-HYBRID PLANE FLIES ON WINE & MAKES AVIATION HISTORY Source:  VOLT AERO VoltAero has developed an electric-hybrid plane  that flies on biofuel produced from wine waste.  Their aircraft Cassio S just made aviation history.  Here's what we know: France-based VoltAero just achieved the world's 1st flight of an electric-hybrid plane powered by 100% sustainable fuel from vineyard wine waste The Cassio S testbed plane has a proprietary electric hybrid powertrain The fuel is 100% sustainable and produced by France's TotalEnergies The historic flight used the hybrid powertrain's electric mode and its internal combustion engine was fueled by bioethanol produced from wine The company says it flew with an 80% CO2 reduction The milestone flight is a major advancement for the use of SAF or sustainable aviation fuel/biofuels in general aviation First production aircraft will be the