00:00All right, I'm excited now to be joined by our innovation editor, Stacey.
00:04Stacey, welcome back to the set.
00:06Thank you, Upton.
00:08What are you following?
00:09So I've had a couple of hours now to explore Vivatech,
00:13and as we predicted, it's pretty electric in terms of innovation.
00:16So I've come to talk about mobility this morning.
00:18One of the first innovations I wanted to talk about is Destinus,
00:22which is a Swiss startup that's premiering at Vivatech for the first time.
00:26So Destinus is a hydrogen-powered hypersonic power jet,
00:31which will cut trips from the U.S. to Australia from 17 hours to just four.
00:38Wow.
00:38So that's five times faster than the speed of light, so five times faster than sound.
00:42So at Mach 5, and to put that into context, the Concorde travelled at Mach 2 speed.
00:48So it's really insane in terms of speed.
00:51If we're lucky, we have some images behind us of Destinus.
00:55So this isn't the first time that we've seen hypersonic jets at Vivatech,
00:58but what's great about this one is that it's environmentally friendly.
01:01So Destinus is hydrogen-fuelled, meaning that the only elements that it would emit into the atmosphere are water jets.
01:12Destinus claims that the jet would be net zero and only emit heat and water vapour.
01:17Now, traditionally, air transport contributes to about 2.5% of global carbon emissions.
01:22More and more travellers are saying no to airplane travel because of the environmental impacts,
01:28particularly Gen Z travellers that are saying that they're wanting to travel more locally,
01:34often by train, which is obviously a more carbon-neutral transport.
01:39And so technologies like this will really revolutionise the way we travel
01:42so that we can travel far and explore, but taking care of the environment.
01:48I wonder what the kind of jet lag would be on a four-hour from U.S. to Australia.
01:53I wonder if they've been able to measure the impact on the body because that sounds crazy.
01:57Yeah, I don't know if there's any technology on reducing jet lag just yet,
02:00but in terms of getting there quicker, that's what Destinus is really helping out.
02:04That's amazing, and it's also more environmental.
02:07I mean, that's what a big trend I've noticed is that, you know, this year, last year as well,
02:13but even more so this year, it's not just about bigger, faster, better, stronger,
02:17but doing so in an eco-friendly way.
02:20Yeah, exactly.
02:21So that's what we're seeing with this impact mile,
02:23which is one of the new things at Viva Tech this year,
02:26that 400-square-metre-long avenue.
02:29Moraed coined it the Champs-Elysees,
02:31and we're seeing all these impact and green innovations that are, you know,
02:35pushing the edge on all things innovation,
02:37but for the better of society and the planet.
02:40When it comes to Appeleon,
02:43what are some real-life applications we can see with that?
02:46So Appeleon is the next innovation I wanted to talk about,
02:48which is a drone,
02:49and that's an Austrian startup that is premiering for the first time their Scalar S,
02:56which is showcased to the public for the first time here at Viva Tech.
02:58And so this is a drone designed for advanced logistics.
03:02So mobility is great when it can transport people,
03:05like the example of Destinus we just saw.
03:07Appeleon is for transporting logistics.
03:09So it's for, in terms of specifications,
03:12the maximum cruise speed is 100 kilometers per hour,
03:16maximum payload is 10 kilos,
03:18and the overall range is up to 150 kilometers.
03:22So this is mainly for transporting medical equipment in rural areas,
03:28for emergency situations,
03:31for transporting blood supplies,
03:33rare medicines, equipment, and even lab samples.
03:36Absolutely.
03:37And what broadly can really happen as a result of this technology?
03:41I mean, how do you see this playing out in the next 5, 10 years?
03:45Yeah.
03:45So Destinus is just a prototype at the moment.
03:48They have done a successful test flight end of last year.
03:51And so what they're hoping to do is have it a real-life version
03:55that you and I can take and travel with by 2030
03:58that will be able to transport 20 passengers.
04:00And in the future,
04:01they're hoping to have planes that will be able to transport hundreds of people.
04:06So these are, for the moment, test examples.
04:09They're prototypes.
04:10But the idea is to then develop them
04:12and to turn them into real-life solutions
04:13that we can all test and learn in the future.
04:16What else are you watching today, Stacey?
04:18So mobility is really pushing boundaries here.
04:22So I mentioned a couple of the drones.
04:24There's also lots of personal vehicles.
04:26There's some electric bikes that I can't wait to test.
04:29I haven't been able to use them yet,
04:30but I can't wait to get my hands on them.
04:32There's some electrical bikes.
04:33There's even a robot postal service
04:38that La Poste is exhibiting,
04:41which will be transporting packages and letters
04:45without even having to use postmen or postwomen.
04:48Stacey, thanks so much.
04:49Excited to check in with you in a little bit.
04:51Thank you, Upton.
04:52Thank you.
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