DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
WEIGHT LOSS PILL TRICKS MUSCLES THEY EXERCISED
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- 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 testing it on mice, to other animals and then humans
- This is medicine on the cutting edge with a pill doing the exercise for you.
SOLAR PANELS ON EV'S COULD CUT CHARGING BY 50%
- University of Lisbon researchers have measured the benefits of adding solar panels to car and the benefits are significant and big. Here's what we know:
- The researchers studied the effectiveness of solar panels on cars in 100 different cities, providing an additional 7 to 18 miles/day on EVs
- On average the research showed that adding solar panels reduced charging times in half for EVs
- They found that in urban areas the amount of unfiltered sun that reaches street level is what is critical - building & tree shadows reduce the positive results
- Results show that solar power significantly increases driving range which can be dramatic in cities where driving distances are much less
- Study found that in less favorable environments solar power can still reduce operating costs, charge times and frequency
- Important implications: cities are currently the main market for EV's and given the smaller distances travelled in cities, solar-powered cars should be emerging as big players.
HORIZON eVTOL IS A BIGGER PLAYER
Source: Horizon
- Horizon Aircraft just announced it has expanded its flying taxi to a 7-seater, which places it among the biggest eVTOLs. Here's what we know:
- The company did extensive flight-testing results on its 50%-sized prototype along with sophisticated aerodynamic, electrical and structural analysis and decided to go with 7-seats
- Called Cavorite X7
- Hybrid-electric experimental eVTOL aircraft
- Range is 500 miles
- Maximum speed is 250 mph
- Unique tech includes recharging its batteries while flying
- Unique fan-in-wing technology
- Bigger seating capacity to 7 lowers passenger-seat-miles-cost
- Uses ideal for 50-to-500-mile travel routes like regional passenger commutes, medical evacuations, military, cargo transport and disaster relief
- Company is targeting making this eVTOL bigger.
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