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Africa, solar reactors, Helsinki, soil, innovation, circular design, data theft, drone delivery, smart textiles, logistics, autonomous construction robots and self-assembling nanoparticles.
Have a great weekend.
The Global Economy’s Future Depends on Africa
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/africa/global-economys-future-depends-africa
The most recent UN estimates project that Africa’s population, driven by both falling mortality and high fertility, will grow from 1.4 billion today to 2.5 billion by 2050
Concentrated solar reactor generates unprecedented amounts of hydrogen
https://physicsworld.com/a/concentrated-solar-reactor-generates-unprecedented-amounts-of-hydrogen/
A new solar-radiation-concentrating device produces “green” hydrogen at a rate of more than 2 kilowatts while maintaining efficiencies above 20%
Helsinki Paves the Way as a Forerunner of Circular Business when World Circular Economy Forum Returns Home
Helsinki wants to be a platform for new circular economy innovations and business.
More than 25% of biodiversity is under our feet — but we’re destroying it. A biotech startup that’s raised $56 million has a plan to help save our soil.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trace-genomics-uses-dna-sequencing-to-stop-soil-erosion-2023-5?
Soil is a hotspot.
Artificial intelligence innovation: Leading companies in predictive maintenance systems for the automotive industry
https://www.just-auto.com/data-insights/innovators-ai-predictive-maintenance-systems-automotive/
Check the analysis. Emerging, accelerating, maturing as the frames.
What design can do reveals the 13 winners of the make it circular challenge
Circular design is the future.
See your identity pieced together from stolen data
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-18/data-breaches-your-identity-interactive/102175688?
This should scare you.
Amazon’s 100 drone deliveries puts Prime Air far behind Alphabet’s Wing and Walmart partner Zipline
An interesting perspective.
A technique to spin soft functional fibers for smart textiles and wearable devices
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-technique-soft-functional-fibers-smart.html?
A new method to create soft textiles with electronic properties. was inspired by the process through which spiders spin the silk threads used to create their webs.
Start-up funding in logistics: Adjusting to a new reality
Funding for logistics start-ups slowed substantially in 2022. Sustainable logistics was a 2022 bright spot
Massive autonomous robot is 3 to 5 times faster than a human construction crew
https://bigthink.com/the-future/massive-autonomous-robot-faster-human-construction-crew/?
To meet the demands of the future, automation is gonna be key in the construction world.
Harnessing Light and Self-Assembling Nanoparticles for Battling Cancer
Self-assembling nano particles……
