On my way to Rome to deliver a keynote on future trends, innovation and strategy for a compliance and sustainability company. You be delighted to read that therefore there will be no videos this week.
Today’s topics to consider are precision agriculture, (IoT), gene edited pigs, tardigrades, dual-energy harvesting, restoring sight (nano) and ultra strong 3D printed metamaterial.
Prompt: Tardigrades and biomimicry?
Is IoT the answer to the agriculture industry’s ESG challenges?
https://www.verdict.co.uk/is-iot-the-answer-to-the-agriculture-industrys-esg-challenges/?cf-view
IoT can also have very influential effects in reducing the dangers of climate change.
Using CRISPR gene editing to prevent pigs from getting blue-ear pig disease
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-crispr-gene-pigs-blue-ear.html?
The CRISPR gene editing tool was used to remove the part of the DNA that was responsible for its production. Pigs grown from edited fertilized eggs were found to be immune to the disease.
Could Shipwrecked Tardigrades Have Colonized the Moon?
https://singularityhub.com/2024/02/26/could-shipwrecked-tardigrades-have-colonized-the-moon/?
Tardigrades and biomimicry?
Dual-Energy Harvesting Device Could Power Future Wireless Medical Implants
The new device can harvest energy from magnetic field and ultrasound sources simultaneously, converting this energy to electricity to power implants
Nanomaterial for retina implant could help restore sight
https://www.futurity.org/nanomaterial-retina-implant-restore-sight-3184152/
The soft, flexible material developed by the team contains nanoparticles of a metal called palladium, which can convert light into sound waves that activate retinal cells.
3D printed titanium structure shows supernatural strength
https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2024/feb/titanium-lattice?
A 3D printed ‘metamaterial’ boasting levels of strength for weight not normally seen in nature or manufacturing could change how we make everything from medical implants to aircraft or rocket parts.
