This prototype lets us harness renewable power from the ocean
Anyone who has come face to face with a large ocean swell can vouch for the immense power of our ocean systems.Capturing the power of our seas offers huge potential for renewable energy creation, but scientists have struggled to make it feasible. That, however, is about to change thanks
Stunning Imagery of Jupiter's Moons, Io and Europa, in Orbit
First launched on October 15, 1997, the Cassini-Huygens space-research mission was a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency. Its mission was to send a probe to study the planet Saturn and its system. Of course, along the way to Saturn, Cassini had numerous opportunities
🐠 3D-printed coral offer new hope for endangered reefs
Struggling reef life could soon get a boost from prefab homes. 3-D printed condos for fish on the reef! In their ongoing work [https://www.cnet.com/news/3d-printed-coral-reef-condos-get-2-fins-up-from-fish/] , researchers are now analyzing field data from Fiji, where they have deployed the 3D-printed coral made from biodegradable cornstarch filaments after
How 3D Printing, Vertical Farming, and Materials Science Are Overhauling Food
Food. What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed [https://singularityhub.com/2019/10/20/the-technologies-changing-how-we-grow-distribute-and-consume-food/] in the next decade. What you consume, how it was grown, and how it will end up in your stomach will all ride the wave of converging exponentials, revolutionizing the
Up and Away! Lilium's Electric Air Taxi is Officially Flying
🛩️Lilium, the flying taxi startup hailing from Munich, has unveiled a video [https://youtu.be/lojpe3lUdFk] that shows its Jet taking off, flying at speeds over 100 kilometers per hour, and landing again. 🎥 The new footage shows the aircraft transitioning from vertical flight to level flight, a maneuver that Lilium
This city in North Carolina is designing America’s future composting systems
In the city of Durham, North Carolina, roughly 30% of the garbage residents throw away is compostable. Two-thirds of that is food scraps (the rest comes from paper products). The problem: like most municipalities, the city doesn’t offer a residential composting program. And not everyone has space or desire
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship – Retracing a 400-Year old Voyage, with A.I.
🚢 A fully autonomous ship will soon retrace the path of a 400-year-old journey from the United Kingdom to the United States. The new AI-updated version of the Mayflower [https://interestingengineering.com/a-fully-autonomous-ship-will-set-sail-across-the-atlantic-ocean] , with zero passengers and crew members, will take approximately two weeks to cross the Atlantic. As the BBC
Captain's Log: Stardate 11910.2, There's coffee in that nebula.
🚀 🌑Star Trek fandom has gone orbital: European astronaut and Trekkie Samantha Cristoforetti, who is currently aboard the International Space Station, tweeted a photo of herself in a uniform from the one of “Star Trek” TV series. ☕ ” ‘There’s coffee in that nebula’ … ehm, I mean… in that #Dragon,” Cristoforettiwrote in
Ford Test Driving Blockchain for Energy-Efficient Vehicles
The blockchain pilot program being tested by Ford is aimed at improving fuel efficiency. On October 15, theauto-giant [https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/feu/en/news/2019/10/15/ford-pilots-blockchain-tech-to-promote-cleaner-air-in-city-centr.html] said it will use blockchain technology to monitor and automatically implement fuel-efficient driving modes for a fleet of