Prototypes, slideware and vaporware is easy. LG showed a cool prototype self driving concept car at CES 2024. There was also new AI marketing buzzwords and AI promises.
The concept car has swiveling seats so that passengers can look at any direction. There were also great LG screens to immerse passengers with video.
Real AI is emerging this year but there will also be a lot of AI Hype.
Elysian Aircraft’s revolutionary design challenges electric aviation norms, presenting a 90-passenger plane with an 800-kilometer range, reshaping the future of sustainable air travel.
Breaking barriers in aviation! Elysian Aircraft unveils plans for a game-changing 90-passenger electric plane, pushing the boundaries of eco-friendly flight.
Sirius Jet, the world’s first hydrogen VTOL aircraft, redefines aviation with zero-emission travel, cutting-edge design, and strategic collaborations for a sustainable future.
Embark on a journey into the future of aviation with Sirius Jet, the groundbreaking hydrogen VTOL aircraft, merging innovation, sustainability, and style.
The cutting-edge plane aims to generate a 75 decibel ‘sonic thump’ instead of a sonic boom.
While already deployed for the likes of NASA and ESA for several years, Zeiss’ hologram-generating Multifunctional Smart Glass technology is only now gearing up for mass production. The results could be interesting.
Zeiss’s Multifunctional Smart Glass has been a core and expensive bespoke component of space missions for some years now, the tech having been developed primarily for deployment with the likes of NASA and ESA that can afford it for mission-critical uses. Calling what it results in a hologram is a bit of a cheat — these images don’t float free on their own; instead, they’re generated within a thin, transparent layer sandwiched between glass sheets to which ultra-high-precision optics are attached.
Still, the effect is convincing. The image layer is 92% transparent. Zeiss reckons the holographic functionality can turn any glass surface (windows of buildings, transparent screens, side windows of vehicles, etc) into an on-demand communication screen.
China is taking a new innovation to trial.
China’s innovative move: trials for a two-way charging system in major cities next year. Explore how electric vehicles might soon support the grid.
Volkswagen is bringing back physical buttons and control switches to its new batch of cars after customer complaints.
Honda Zero includes two concepts: the sleek, sedan-like Saloon, and a boxier big-booty van-thing called the Space-Hub.
Honda announced a new global electric vehicle series, dubbed Honda Zero, presenting it as an antidote to the recent trend of “thick, heavy” EVs seen on the road today.
Honda released two concepts for its new Honda Zero series.
There was a flurry of activity towards the end of the year as large corporations look to establish local HQs. Other firms that have recently received such licenses are Airbus SE, Oracle Corp. and Pfizer Inc.
Saudi Arabia announced the new rules for state contracts in February 2021, saying it wanted to limit ‘economic leakage’ — a term used by the government for state spending that can benefit firms that don’t have a substantial presence in the country.
A key part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s economic agenda has been to limit some of the billions in spending by the government and Saudi citizens that leave the country each year. Government officials want to stop giving contracts to international firms who only fly executives in and out of the kingdom.
California-based startup Opener has been developing eVTOLs since 2011, when founder Marcus Leng flew a proof-of-concept aircraft that he had constructed himself (using wooden chopsticks as part of the build).
Startup Pivotal has unveiled the Helix eVTOL, a one-seater aircraft it plans to begin selling for $190,000 in 2024.
