DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
NEW INNOVATION: SELF-CLEANING PAINT
Source: Stock & TU Wien
- Scientists from Austria and Italy have developed self-cleaning paint - one of the world's most useful innovations. It also chemically breaks-down air pollutants. And the paint is longer lasting. Here's what we know:
- European scientists have developed a nanoparticle composed of titanium oxide+ that creates self-cleaning paint
- It can be added to any commercially available paint
- The nanoparticles are photo-catalytically active and can trigger cleaning when touched by sunlight
- The scientists are from TU Wien in Vienna and Universita Polytecnia delle Marche in Italy
- They say their painted wall solution destroys indoor pollution in the air, makes the air cleaner and the wall cleans itself
- They add the paint is also much longer lasting
- The team is conducting more testing but they intend to commercialize it in the near future.
- This research was just published in ACS Catalysis.
XPENG AEROHT's FLYING CAR GETS MORE APPROVALS
.webp)
Source: XPeng
- China auto giant XPeng's AeroHT flying & driving car combo just received more certifications from the Chinese government as it gets closer to full commercial operations. Here are some key facts:
- This is a modular flying and driving combination
- It's called the X3-F EV/eVTOL
- The EV is modular and carries a flying eVTOL in the rear of the vehicle
- A design certification has just been awarded to the eVTOL flying vehicle
- The all-electric ground vehicle is 6x6 All-Wheel-Drive
- The air vehicle is all-electric, vertical takeoff and landing flying vehicle
- This vehicle is said to be very close to flight certification and customer deliveries
- XPeng expects to start production of the air modular vehicle in 2025.
Comments
Post a Comment