USA: THE INNOVATION SUPERSTAR

“USA: INNOVATION SUPERSTAR” chronicles exciting, top new innovations developed in the United States. In the 2020 Global Innovation Index (GII), produced by the United Nations and Cornell University, the US is ranked third among the 140 nations analyzed. The US follows #1 ranked Switzerland and #2 ranked Sweden. But, as you will discover in the book, the number of new, globally impactful innovations and the broad spectrum of innovations across industries, invented in the US are unprecedented
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The innovations range from space travel technological breakthroughs, to COVID-19 vaccines, 5G enabled robots and drones, stock exchanges in the cloud, a breakthrough recognition/payment system that reads the palm of your hand and autonomous, self-driving cars, boats and big rigs.

To highlight some of the innovations:

•Electric Vehicle That’s Part Helicopter and Part Car
•AI That Creates Robots On Its Own
•Alphabet/Google’s Balloon Internet
•GM’s Kit to Convert Your Gas-Guzzling Car into an Electric Vehicle
•4G and 5G Networks On the Moon
•MIT’s Robotic Basketball Hoop That Improves Your Game
•Amazon’s Zoox Autonomous Taxi That’s Loaded With Tech
•Boeing’s UV Wand That Fights COVID-19
•Virtual Power Plants
•Highly Efficient Bullet Plane
•Solar Roofs With No Solar Panels
•World’s 1st Remote Controlled Electric Scooter

There are nearly 90 top 2020’s innovations highlighted in the book. They include personal, entrepreneurial success stories. For instance, a 25 year old entrepreneur’s creation of breakthrough autonomous driving technology, has made him the world’s youngest, self-made billionaire. And, a 50 year old blind runner/entrepreneur completed a 5K completely on his own with a new app, his smart phone and true grit. New innovative technology enabled him to “see” the road he was running.