⚡️ Electric planes are here...

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Electric planes are flying successful demo missions, offering an exciting glimpse of sustainable, emission-free aviation in the future.

Can batteries and infrastructure evolve fast enough to enable widespread use? Let’s dive in…

In today’s tech rundown:

• Electric planes taking off into the future

• New tech making fishing cheaper and greener

• 10 New products

• 7 quick stories

Read time: 3 minutes

TODAY’S HEADLINES

TRANSPORTATION

✈️ Electric planes taking off into the future

The Rundown: Battery-powered aircraft like the CX300 from startup Beta Technologies are starting to become viable for short flights, offering a vision of future sustainable aviation.

The details:

• The CX300 recently flew 1,200 miles down the East Coast over 16 days to demonstrate its capabilities.

• Companies like Joby and Archer are also developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

• Benefits include no emissions, lower noise, and simplified operation and maintenance.

• Early uses will likely be cargo transport, connecting rural areas, and replacing helicopters over short routes.

The relevance: This is an exciting step toward decarbonized aviation — but modern batteries still remain a major limitation, not to mention infrastructure and legislation — meaning widespread use is still likely years away.

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SUSTAINABILITY

🎣 New tech making fishing cheaper and greener

The Rundown: Fishermen are adopting new technologies to improve efficiency and sustainability, including underwater cameras, LED lighting systems, and ocean sensors to reduce fuel costs and waste.

The details:

• Colored LED lights attached to nets can attract target species while repelling bycatch like turtles, reducing entanglements by over 60%.

• Underwater cameras give fishermen live video feeds to monitor their nets, reducing the guesswork and time needed to check for issues.

• Smart sensors collect ocean data like depth and temperature that fishermen can analyze to optimize operations.

• Benefits include less time at sea, lower fuel consumption, decreased bycatch and spoilage, and higher quality target catches.

The relevance: Optimizing processes with tech advances clearly serves both environmental and business goals — however, incentives encouraging adoption may be needed to drive industry change.

NEW PRODUCTS

📅 Recatch- Google forms and Calendly combined (link)

📧 MassInbox- Cold email mass sends for agencies and startups (link)

🖥️ Keep React- React-powered web solutions with open-source UI components (link)

❓Quenti- Similar to Quizlet but open-source (link)

💼 Taplio- All-in-one AI-powered tool for creating, managing, and growing your personal brand on LinkedIn (link)

📧 Superhuman- The fastest email experience ever made, with AI-powered features (link)

✍️ Rytr- An AI writing assistant that helps you create high-quality content, in just a few seconds (link)

🎨 Uizard- Design wireframes, prototypes, and mockups quickly and easily (link)

👩🏽‍🍳ChefGPT- AI digital chef & kitchen companion (link)

⌨️ Quicky AI- Use AI on any website instantly just by selecting text (link)

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SNIPPETS

Attendees of ApeFest 2023 in Hong Kong report vision and skin injuries from suspected UV light exposure.

Tesla plans to manufacture its most affordable car yet, priced at around €25,000, at its Gigafactory in Berlin.

SpaceX's Starlink has reached breakeven cash flow, a significant milestone for the satellite internet business's financial viability.

Apple is set to refresh its full range of iPads throughout 2024, with updates anticipated for the iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad mini, and the entry-level iPad.

The tech giant is also reportedly developing its own batteries, potentially enhancing future iPhones' battery life.

MediaTek's new Dimensity 9300 chip claims to rival Qualcomm's latest in performance and efficiency.

Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet are set to increase capital expenditure to expand cloud capacities for generative AI, which demands extensive computing resources.

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