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Mar 3, 2020

Bill Gates-Led Fund Invests in Synthetic Palm Oil Startup

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, sustainability

C16 Biosciences uses yeast to convert food waste and industrial byproducts into a sustainable alternative.

Mar 3, 2020

Freeman Dyson, 1923–2020

Posted by in categories: physics, solar power, sustainability

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4TCg4vsz6Ac

Reeman Dyson, one of the 20th century’s greatest theoretical physicists, died this week aged 96. He is known for popularising the Dyson Sphere – a hypothetical megastructure that could surround an entire star, capturing all of its solar energy.

Mar 2, 2020

Musk Reads: Tesla Model 3 range gets a big boost

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Tesla Model Y deliveries draw closer and the Cybertruck appeals to police. When is a 600-mile Model S arriving? It’s Musk Reads: Tesla Edition #146.

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Mar 1, 2020

How regenerative agriculture could help save the planet

Posted by in categories: food, sustainability

A quiet revolution is reshaping the agricultural world, with farmers like Danie Slabbert saying that if we want to save the planet, it’s not so much about what we eat, but how we farm. CNN’s David McKenzie reports.

Mar 1, 2020

AI can help find more places to store captured CO2 underground

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability

The tech maps underground structures using ‘hidden’ earthquake vibrations.

Mar 1, 2020

CropBox: A Farm in a Shipping Container

Posted by in categories: food, sustainability

CropBox is a shipping container farm system featuring the latest technology in precision farming.

Mar 1, 2020

This Superyacht Produces Hydrogen From Seawater As It Sails

Posted by in categories: particle physics, sustainability

The world’s first self-sufficient sea vessel, Energy Observer, is due to leave her home port of Saint-Malo in Brittany, France, over the next few days on the first leg of a global voyage to test and promote renewable energy technologies.

This isn’t just any yacht though, it uses nothing but renewable energy sources to run. Specifically, it produces hydrogen from seawater with zero CO2 emissions and zero fine particles.

Water Energy Observer

Feb 28, 2020

The Future of Fashion Is Circular: Why the 2020s Will Be About Making New Clothes Out of Old Ones

Posted by in categories: economics, sustainability

In the next decade, designers and consumers will need to radically shift their perspectives on value and commit to a circular economy based on recycling, upcycling, and repurposing what already exists.

Feb 28, 2020

Tesla’s secret battery project could finally push EVs to overtake gas cars

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Tesla’s secret project could make electric cars cheaper and boost range.

Feb 26, 2020

Unmanned Solar Aircraft Aims to Compete Commercially With Satellites and Drones

Posted by in categories: business, drones, robotics/AI, satellites, solar power, sustainability

At 35 meters, the wingspan of the new BAE Systems aircraft equals that of a Boeing 737, yet the plane weighs in at just 150 kilograms, including a 15 kg payload. The unmanned plane, dubbed the PHASA-35 (Persistent High-Altitude Solar Aircraft), made its maiden voyage on 10 February at the Royal Australian Air Force Woomera Test Range in South Australia.

“It flew for just under an hour—enough time to successfully test its aerodynamics, autopilot system, and maneuverability,” says Phil Varty, business development leader of emerging products at BAE Systems. “We’d previously tested other sub-systems such as the flight control system in smaller models of the plane in the U.K. and Australia, so we’d taken much of the risk out of the craft before the test flight.”

The prototype aircraft uses gallium arsenide–based triple-junction solar cell panels manufactured by MicroLink Devices in Niles, Ill. MicroLink claims an energy conversion efficiency of 31 percent for these specialist panels.