Daily Innovation Brief by Journalists Maryanne Kane & Edward Kane

PEUGEOT'S RADICAL NEW CONCEPT CAR - INCEPTION 

                                    Source:  Peugeot Inception

• France-based and Stellantis-owned Peugeot has designed a radical new concept car, Inception, that represents the next generation of BEV (battery electric vehicles) that the automaker will start rolling out in 2025
• Inception showcases the future of design as well as highly advanced technologies
• It contains the next gen of iCockpit, which delivers a new type of driving control with your fingertips doing the driving
• The centerpiece of iCockpit  is the "Hypersquare" - a revolutionary driving control tablet system with a steer by wire rectangular wheel, inspired by gaming controls for "intuitive driving"
• It offers Level 4 autonomous driving with the Hypersquare steering wheel and driving controls recessing into the dashboard
• Peugeot calls the design "feline" with cat-like poise
• It's built on Stellantis' STLA Large platform & is 16.4' long and 4.4' tall
• The EV is powered by 800-Volt technology with a 100 kWh battery
• Range on a charge is 497 miles
• In 5 minutes, its induction charging system can add 93 miles of range
• There's a powerful, 680 hp dual motor setup with all-wheel- drive
• Peugeot plans to release 5 new EVs, with many of Inception's features, in the next 2 years.

NEW FOLDABLE IPHONE

                                                                Source:  Apple

• Apple is developing a foldable new iPhone
• An investment note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests it could possibly launch in 2023
• The device would likely have a QHD+flexible OLED display
• The investment note adds that the flexible iPhone will use "silver nanowire" for greater durability and to enable multiple folds
• Foldable phones are expected to lead the way for the next big wave in smartphones.

MYSTERY RADIO SIGNALS FROM OUTER SPACE

Source:  NASA

 

• Astronomers have recently picked up 8 mysterious radio signals coming from outer space
• The discovery was made by researchers at the University of Toronto
• They used a new algorithm, created by a student-researcher there, to look for signals from 820 stars in an area of space that is not considered a potential site for alien life
• The mystery radio signals came from 5 of the 820 stars that are located 30 to 90 light years away from the Earth
• The University of Toronto team used the algorithm to scour the 820 stars tracked by the Green Back Telescope in West Virginia
• The new algorithm, using deep learning, AI and more, is able to better differentiate the noise of the universe from potential communications signals to possible new forms of life in space, aka aliens
• Big question that remains unanswered:  are the signals from a new civilization in outer space trying to communicate?

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