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May 3, 2017

Google is betting this robot that sucks apples off trees will replace human workers

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

Orchard owners say they need automation because seasonal farm labor is getting harder to come by.

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    Tom Simonite

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    May 3, 2017

    Rep: #TheRaceforSpace

    Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, solar power, space travel, sustainability

    Congressman Charlie Crist on Elon Musk’s space efforts in Florida: “What Mr. Musk has been able to do [with SpaceX and solar energy] is nothing short of extraordinary.”

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    May 1, 2017

    The future we’re building — and boring

    Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

    Elon Musk discusses his new project digging tunnels under LA, the latest from Tesla and SpaceX and his motivation for building a future on Mars in conversation with TED’s Head Curator, Chris Anderson.

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    Apr 29, 2017

    Converting carbon dioxide into clean air

    Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

    Scientists have converted carbon dioxide into clean air!

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    Apr 28, 2017

    This Skyscraper Concept Would Heal Icebergs and Eat Carbon Dioxide

    Posted by in categories: climatology, food, sustainability

    The “reverse climate change machine” is an honorable mention in the Evolo Skyscraper Design Competition.

    A one-stop skyscraping shop for urbane living and fighting climate change called the HEAL-BERG is among the selected entries in eVolo’s annual Skyscraper Competition, which invites the world’s designers to “challenge the way we understand vertical architecture.” The mammoth pearlescent structure would simultaneously cool Antarctic ocean water, scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and generate electricity with saltwater and wind turbines, creating what the designers call, a “reverse climate change machine.”

    Luca Beltrame and Saba Nabavi Tafreshi created HEAL-BERG as a response to a potential future in which, “climate was changing at a rate exceeding most scientific forecasts; oceans warming, air pollution and climate change were caught in a discernible self-boosting loop. In the speculative world they’ve created, it’s 2039, 21.5 million people are being displaced annually due to climate change and, “the complex patterns representing the world were doomed to collapse.”

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    Apr 28, 2017

    Elon Musk teases Tesla electric semi truck, up to 4 new Gigafactory locations

    Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

    Elon Musk was on stage at the 2017 TED Conference in Vancouver on Friday, and he revealed some of his tunnel work and aspirations, but he also talked about a few ongoing Tesla projects he’s referenced before. The multi-CEO showed a shadowy image that gives us our first look at what his forthcoming electric Semi Truck will look like, and also let drop the suggestion that Tesla will likely announce four new global Gigafactory locations sometime this year.

    Elon Musk teased semi-truck at TED talk. pic.twitter.com/sY0w7KSsTx

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    Apr 26, 2017

    This robot can build a 50-foot-wide house all by itself in 14 hours, at MIT or on Mars

    Posted by in categories: 3D printing, habitats, robotics/AI, space travel, sustainability

    Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a double-armed, laser-guided robot that can basically 3D print a 50-foot-wide house in less than 14 hours with almost no human intervention. The Digital Construction Platform, described today in Science Robotics, consists of a large hydraulic arm mounted on a platform with motorized treads, plus a smaller electric-powered arm for finer movements. The MIT team programmed the solar-powered machine to spray out foam construction material, layer by layer, to form a 12-foot-high, igloo-like structure big enough to house a family. The researchers hope such robots could someday be sent to the moon, Mars or Antarctica to build “print-in-place” habitats from the materials at hand … or at manipulator.

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    Apr 26, 2017

    Space Apps Challenge

    Posted by in categories: climatology, space, sustainability

    Calling all UX Designers, Developers and tech Creatives to join us at this years NASA #SpaceApps Event: Virtually or in person to solve earth science & climate change challenges : https://2017.spaceappschallenge.org/


    Space Apps 2017.

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    Apr 22, 2017

    Elon Musk’s new company wants to link human brains with computers in 4 years

    Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience, space travel, sustainability

    Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk said his latest company Neuralink is working to link the human brain with computers by creating micron-sized devices.

    Neuralink is aiming to bring to the market a product that helps with certain severe brain injuries due to stroke and cancer lesion in about four years, Musk said in an interview with the website Wait But Why on Thursday.

    “If I were to communicate a concept to you, you would essentially engage in consensual telepathy,” Musk said in the interview. Neuralink will be Musk’s third company along with Tesla and SpaceX.

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    Apr 21, 2017

    Shanghai planning huge vertical farm, looking to change the way it feeds its 24 million residents

    Posted by in categories: food, sustainability

    Another article to go with this:

    http://inhabitat.com/shanghai-is-planning-a-massive-100-hect…on-people/


    As Shanghai continues to expand outward, replacing agriculture with urbanization, a US-based design firm is looking to reimagine the way that Shanghai grows food to feed its 24 million people.

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