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Jul 4, 2023

Swiss Firm RigiTech Enables Drone Delivery—Without a Landing or Takeoff

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI, sustainability

Wind turbine maintenance is an important yet unheralded task. But drones have arrived to spice things up.

RigiTech is a Swiss drone manufacturer and operator boasting some of the most extensive beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight authorizations in the industry. And it just completed a landmark test of its Eiger delivery system, flying spare parts to the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, located 20 sm (17 nm) off the coast of Denmark. But there’s a catch—the drones didn’t need to land.

The tests marked the rollout of RigiTech’s prototype precision dropping system, which autonomously releases cargo from a few feet in the air when it detects the drone has reached its destination. That’s a game-changer in the case of offshore wind turbines, which typically do not have landing pads.

Jul 2, 2023

Lightyear 0 Is a Solar-Powered Car You Can Drive for Months Without a Charge

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Year 2022 😗😁


Learn more about the Lightyear 0—the world’s first production-ready solar car.

Jul 2, 2023

Inside Tesla’s 18-wheeler Semi, which can travel 500 miles on one charge

Posted by in category: sustainability

What is the Tesla 18 wheeler like? Look inside the electric Semi, find out what it is like to drive, and how far a battery charge can take it.

Jul 1, 2023

What does a solarpunk future look like?

Posted by in categories: climatology, sustainability

If you want to know what the best possible future could look like — and how we can make it happen — talk to someone involved in the solarpunk movement.

“If cyberpunk was ‘here is this future that we see coming and we don’t like it’, and steampunk is ‘here’s yesterday’s future that we wish we had,’ then might be ‘here’s a future that we can want and we might actually be able to get,’” Adam Flynn, an early member of the movement, explained in 2015.

This community is focused on not only imagining a future where we’ve overcome the problems inspiring today’s dystopian sci-fi (climate change, income inequality, descrimination, etc.), but also making that future a reality.

Jun 29, 2023

Combining nuclear and solar tech could make a powerful pair

Posted by in categories: engineering, nuclear energy, policy, solar power, sustainability

In energy policy debates, nuclear energy and renewable energy technologies are sometimes viewed as competitors.

In reality, they could be better, together.

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ben Lindley, an assistant professor of engineering physics and an expert on nuclear reactors, and Mike Wagner, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a solar energy expert, are studying the feasibility and benefits of such a coupling.

Jun 29, 2023

Elon Musk Announces 5 NEW Teslas For 2023

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, finance, sustainability, transportation

Elon Musk Announces 5 NEW Teslas For 2023:- Tesla company has achieved remarkable growth in recent years with just four vehicles in its lineup: the Model S midsize sedan, Model X midsize crossover, Model 3 compact sedan and Model Y compact crossover.

Combined, those four nameplates now dominate the U.S. luxury car segment and top the EV charts. Tesla is the second-best-selling brand after Toyota in California, which often sets future-product trends for the nation. But Tesla fans are clamoring for more. And financial analysts watching Tesla stock warn of growing competition.

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Jun 28, 2023

Couple Turns Empty Land to Hub of Exotic Veggies, Delivers Produce in 4 Hrs Post Harvest

Posted by in category: sustainability

Jodhpur couple Rajnush and Vedika Agarwal have turned their ancestral land into an experiential farm named MharoKhet, where they not only grow several organic exotic vegetables, but also deliver the freshest produce within hours of harvest.

Jun 28, 2023

Astrophotographer Captures Astronauts on a Spacewalk While the ISS Crosses the Sun

Posted by in categories: cosmology, solar power, sustainability

This photographer drove six hours from his home in order to find the perfect position for this event that would take place for less than a minute!

Jun 27, 2023

Scientists have used mushrooms to make biodegradable computer chips

Posted by in categories: computing, sustainability

Year 2022 😗😁


Foraging for fungi may not only mean mushrooms are on the menu. New research has shown that mushroom skins could provide a biodegradable alternative to some plastics used in batteries and computer chips, making them easier to recycle.

Researchers from the Johannes Kepler University in Austria were working on flexible and stretchable electronics, with a focus on sustainable materials to replace non-degradable materials, when they made their discovery, published in the journal Science Advances Friday.

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Jun 27, 2023

AI comes to the farm: New technology tackles acres of weeds quickly by using robotics and lasers

Posted by in categories: business, food, robotics/AI, sustainability

Weeds are one of the most “tedious, time-consuming and challenging” elements of farming, Carbon Robotics told Fox Business via email.

The LaserWeeder can eliminate over 200,000 weeds per hour and offer up to 80% cost savings in weed control.

Carbon Robotics CEO and founder Paul Mikesell “knows farmers and has a lot of friends who are farmers,” he said.