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Nov 4, 2021

The data center of the future is made of algae bricks and runs on hydrogen fuel cells

Posted by in categories: computing, futurism

Inside Microsoft’s efforts to build a low-impact data center (because it’s building almost 100 a year).

Nov 4, 2021

Cop26: research reveals £500bn net-zero investment opportunity

Posted by in category: climatology

UK Cities Climate Investment Commission calls for “place-based demonstrators” or neighbourhood pilots where green investment opportunities can be gathered together as a package.

Nov 4, 2021

Hadrian X robot to build 5,000 homes in Mexico

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Robotic bricklaying company FBR has executed a term sheet with GP Vivienda to supply its Wall as a Service (WaaS) robotic construction system to build between 2,000 and 5,000 homes in Mexico.

The company will also supply all associated retaining walls and other brick and block structures to a greenfield residential development sites.

Construction will utilise the company’s Hadrian X construction robot (pictured) which rapidly builds block structures from a 3D CAD model, producing far less waste than traditional construction methods while dramatically improving site safety.

Nov 4, 2021

Redefining Farmland value for climate and food security

Posted by in categories: climatology, economics, sustainability

One challenge is understanding how to scale it.


Regenerative agriculture can translate environmental health of farmland into economic value and address climate change, explain University of Melbourne experts.

Nov 4, 2021

Will robots soon become our new sparring partners and new colleagues at work? 🦾

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

#engineering.

Nov 4, 2021

VW ID Buzz Spied Again, This Time As Self-Driving Test Vehicle

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

The gallery also contains a very clear shot of its interior which shares most visible parts with other ID-badged models.

Nov 4, 2021

Tesla is moving driver profiles to the cloud for smooth transitions between cars, rentals, and more

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Tesla is working on moving driver profiles to the cloud in order to sync them between vehicles.

It will make it easier for owners of multiple Teslas and for people renting or sharing Tesla vehicles.

Over the last few years, Tesla has been making moves to build a smooth experience for a self-driving and car-sharing future.

Nov 4, 2021

China Now Has Over 1 Million Public Charging Points

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

China is the world largest electric vehicle market and not surprisingly, has the world’s highest number of charging points.

According to the China Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance (EVCIPA) (via Gasgoo), as of the end of September 2,021 there were 2.223 million individual charging points in the country. That’s a 56.8% increase year-over-year.

However, this is the total number, which consists of over 1 million publicly accessible points, and an even higher number of almost 1.2 million private points (mostly for fleets, as we understand).

Nov 4, 2021

Velocity raises $17M to spin up ‘production-like’ environments for software development

Posted by in category: futurism

Velocity, a startup developing a platform that allows developers to test and debug apps prior to production, has raised $17 million.

Nov 4, 2021

China is working on the fastest supercomputer, ever

Posted by in category: supercomputing

It looks like China is building Skynet, with plans for a prototype exascale computer to be built this year.