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In questo episodio speciale, registrato live dal Web Summit di Lisbona, parliamo di tutte le novità presentate alla più grande conferenza tech d'Europa e dell'occasione mancata dell'Italia di emergere tra i Paesi che più stanno investendo sul loro futuro. Ascolta Skillati su Spotify o Apple Music. Skillati è un podcast di Will disponibile solo per chi ha sottoscritto la membership. Trovi tutte le informazioni su come sostenere Will tramite il programma di membership cliccando qui Questo episodio di Actually è supportato da Beewise, l'app che ti permette di investire tutti i mesi, partendo da un minimo di 10€. Scarica l'app, rispondi a un questionario, imposti i tuoi obiettivi e fai crescere i tuoi risparmi. Maggiori info su beewiseapp.com.
Giuseppe Stigliano è Global CEO in Spring Studios, agenzia globale di marketing e comunicazione, professore di marketing all'Università IULM e autore di diversi libri dedicati al marketing. Da questa settimana, al fianco di Alessandro Tommasi, è anche volto e voce di Skillati, il primo podcast-corso in Italia in formato videopodcast rivolto a studenti e giovani lavoratori che stanno cercando la propria strada o si trovano di fronte a grandi sfide professionali. In questo episodio parliamo, oltre che di Skillati, anche di come sta evolvendo il settore del marketing, tra nuove competenze, intelligenza artificiale e nuovi bisogni da soddisfare. Ascolta Skillati su Spotify o Apple Music. Skillati è un podcast di Will disponibile solo per chi ha sottoscritto la membership. Trovi tutte le informazioni su come sostenere Will tramite il programma di membership cliccando qui Questo episodio di Actually è supportato da Beewise, l'app che ti permette di investire tutti i mesi, partendo da un minimo di 10€. Scarica l'app, rispondi a un questionario, imposti i tuoi obiettivi e fai crescere i tuoi risparmi. Maggiori info su beewiseapp.com.
L'Europa non riesce a trovare una quadra per la direttiva sulle “case green” e i media stanno facendo un racconto forse eccessivo del processo a Sam Bankman-Fried. Nella Big Story, insieme ad Antonio Palmieri, parliamo di Legge di Bilancio. Scopri come sostenere Will iscrivendoti alla membership Questo episodio di Actually è supportato da Beewise, l'app che ti permette di investire tutti i mesi, partendo da un minimo di 10€. Scarica l'app, rispondi a un questionario, imposti i tuoi obiettivi e fai crescere i tuoi risparmi. Maggiori info su beewiseapp.com.
Ieri il commissario UE al mercato unico Thierry Breton ha inviato una lettera a Elon Musk diffidandolo dal diffondere contenuti illegali e disinformazione su X, la piattaforma di cui è proprietario. Nel frattempo, è partito il processo contro Sam Bankman-Fried, l'ex CEO di FTX, di cui abbiamo raccontato la storia in questo episodio del podcast Mele Marce. Nella Big Story parliamo di auto a guida autonoma, dell'incidente che in USA ha visto coinvolta un'auto Cruise e della nostra completa avversione al rischio che che limita il progresso tecnologico. Questo episodio di Actually è supportato da Beewise, l'app che ti permette di investire tutti i mesi, partendo da un minimo di 10€. Scarica l'app, rispondi a un questionario, imposti i tuoi obiettivi e fai crescere i tuoi risparmi. Maggiori info su beewiseapp.com Ascolta Closer, il podcast di Will che ogni giorno racconta l'attualità attraverso i suoi protagonisti.
פרק זה הוא חלק מסדרת "מאסטרקלאס" מלאה מטעם תוכנית Fusion על כל מה שיזמים צריכים לדעת כדי לגייס את הכסף הראשון לסטארט-אפ שלהם. בכל פרק אנחנו נדבר עם יזמים, משקיעים ומומחים, ונתקוף היבטים קריטיים בתהליך המלא של סבב הגיוס, מההכנה אליו חודשים לפני ועד היום שאחרי כניסת הכסף לבנק. הירשמו לעדכונים על סדרת המאסטרקלאס לגיוס (ועוד טיפים וכלים ליזמים) - בבלוג הרשמי של תוכנית Fusion: https://blog.fusion-vc.com/ בפרק זה אירחנו את עדו בר-און, סגן נשיא מכירות ופיתוח עסקי בסטארט-אפ Extend, לשעבר חבר בצוות ההשקעות של קרן Lool Ventures. קישור למצגת הפרק: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TfEkhU3jvzC6FpHxbVZJ2C1JoOgNQcTa/view?usp=sharing עדו בר-און הוא סמנכ"ל הפיתוח העסקי והמכירות של חברת אקסטנד, והוביל את החברה למכירות של מעל 25 מיליון דולר ב-4 השנים מאז ייסודה. בין תפקידיו הקודמים הוביל את צוות ההשקעות של Lool Ventures כולל ביצוע של 14 השקעות סיד, בין היתר ב- Voca.ai, Talenya, BeeWise ואחרות. עדו הוא קצין מילואים ובעל תואר שני במנהל עסקים והתמחות בהון בסיכון מהאוניברסיטה העברית. (*) ללינקדאין שלי: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guykatsovich/ (*) לאינסטגרם שלי: https://www.instagram.com/guykatsovich/ (*) עקבו אחרינו ב"עוד פודקאסט לסטארטאפים" וקבלו פרק מדי שבוע: ספוטיפיי:https://open.spotify.com/show/0dTqS27ynvNmMnA5x4ObKQ אפל פודקאסט:https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1252035397 גוגל פודקאסט:https://bit.ly/3rTldwq עוד פודקאסט - האתר שלנו:https://omny.fm/shows/odpodcast ה-RSS פיד שלנו:https://www.omnycontent.com/.../f059ccb3-e0c5.../podcast.rssSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
В этом эпизоде Гульдана Хамидуллина рассказала, как работая в найме, успевает уделять время делу для души. Гульдана начала производить эко салфетки Beewise. Это восковые салфетки для хранения продуктов, которые заменяют пищевую пленку и сохраняют полезные свойства фруктов и овощей. Гульдана рассказала, как сама вывела формулу воскового раствора и как изготавливает все салфетки на дому. Это не просто бизнес, ведь у него большая миссия - уменьшить пластик в обиходе и принести пользу окружающей среде. Этот эпизод также будет интересен тем, кто боится ставить высокие спортивные цели. Гульдана расскажет, как проходила дистанции Ironman и как стала настоящим OceanMan. Обязательно подпишитесь на Гульдану, чтоб узнать, попадёт ли она в топ 10 OceanMan Kazakhstan. Желаем удачи! Автор: Сайора Карабаева | https://instagram.com/mrs_sayora?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Гость: Гульдана Хамидуллина | https://instagram.com/gk_stamina?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Купить салфетки: https://instagram.com/beewise_kz?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Телеграмм-канал подкаста: https://t.me/podcast_vzletaem
Until recently there wasn't a single Australian venture capital firm focussed on agritech. Today, there are multiple players. In this episode we explore two very different experiences - an Australian company that has leveraged government incentives and local funding, and an international company seeking local backing to enter the Australian and New Zealand marketplace.Justin Webb, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, of AgriWebb facilitated this conversation and was joined by Phil Morle, Partner in Main Sequence Ventures, Kristi Riordan, the Co-founder & CEO of Harvest B, Saar Safra, Founder and CEO of Beewise and Robert Williams, Director, Artesian. evokeAG 2023 examined how global agrifood innovation and tech intersect to drive change for our food, farmers, and the natural resources which sustain them.Catch up on the other conversations about sustainability, climate resilience and the role of agtech in meeting those challenges from evokeAG 2023 here.
In this episode we speak with Saar Safra, CEO and Co-Founder of Beewise. 75% of all the fruit, vegetables, seeds and nuts that we consume around the globe are pollinated by bees. We're talking for 8 billion people. Beewise's mission is to help beekeepers pollinate and produce honey by saving their bees, utilizing modern technology. The company has redesigned the beehive with today's technology providing climate & humidity control, pest control, autonomous swarm prevention, automated harvesting and real-time problem alerts. The company has raised over $120 million from leading investors including Insight Partners, Corner Ventures and other notable firms. Saar is a seasoned entrepreneur and has had three successful exits from the five companies he founded prior to Beewise. I am your host RJ Lumba. We hope you enjoy the show. If you like the episode, click to subscribe.
This week cohosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman explore the various robotic and automation solutions that were on display at the 2023 World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA. The episode features interviews with representatives from Monarch Tractor, Agtonomy, Carbon Robotics and Farmwise. Mike also discusses new solutions from Tevel Aerobotics, Farm-NG, Amos Power, Nexus Robotics, Bluewhite, Beewise, and Guardian Agriculture.
A 17-year old student from Ukraine who may be able to put the land mine business out of business. A video game that connects players to solving pressing climate change challenges. And a robotic habitat for bees. These are 3 stories of innovations that are unfolding not just so people can thrive, but so they can thrive. In this episode of GDP, broadcast live from the CGI 2022 meeting in New York City alongside the UNGA, we meet 3 innovators who's ideas put into action may make a world of difference. Praise aside, these innovators show how a commitment to be present to a problem can lead into an executable action. It's a lesson for students, teachers, and policy makers alike on how to beat "development anxiety" and put it into commitments to action. Igor Klymenko studies Physical and Mathematical sciences at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Igor is passionate about raising awareness of, and solving, the global landmine problem. Sankari Studies is a team of game developers, ecopreneurs, creatives, dreamers, technologists, solutionists, visionaries, storytellers, rebels, disruptors, and environmentalists, who have rallied to take a stand to fight the demise of our planet and pull it back from the brink of destruction. Saar Safra is a tech-geek, a serial entrepreneur, and CEO of Beewise Learn more about Igor Klymenko's Anti-mine quad copter here: Learn more about Katoa the Game here from Sankari Studios. Learn more about Beewise here. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish #CGI2022
Il nostro commento alle notizie fintech dell'ultima settimana. Tot. collabora con Axerve, Beewise con Switcho, TheFork Pay porta il QR code sul tavolo del ristorante, i primi 108mila clienti di BBVA Italia, un'indagine di VMware sul digitale per i servizi finanziari, la polizza di Walllife sui dati biometrici e tanto altro.
Have you heard of the latest remote beekeeping technology that keeps your hive healthy and strong? Read the new report by Buzztropolis to learn more. Check out https://buzztropolis.com/commercial-beekeeping-business-with-beewise (https://buzztropolis.com/commercial-beekeeping-business-with-beewise) today!
Una startup de Israel, llamada Beewise, está desarrollando colmenas robóticas, cuyo punto principal es un robot en el interior de la colmena que recaba diversos datos gracias a los sensores que incorpora, los cuales proporcionan datos que son procesados por un sistema de inteligencia artificial. https://podcastagricultura.com/episodio-299/ Únete en las redes sociales: https://linkedin.com/company/podcastagricultura/ https://www.facebook.com/podcastagricultura/
Podcast jest dostępny także w formie newslettera: https://ainewsletter.integratedaisolutions.com/ Celem SoundHound for Restaurants jest zaspokojenie popytu na restauracje, ponieważ operatorzy żonglują większą ilością kanałów z kanałów cyfrowych, przy jednoczesnym utrzymaniu wysokiego poziomu obsługi klienta. https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/soundhound-launches-ai-voice-ordering-integration-with-square-to-automate-phone-calls/624032/ Niewłaściwa edukacja algorytmów jest problemem krytycznym; kiedy sztuczna inteligencja odzwierciedla nieświadome myśli, rasizm i uprzedzenia ludzi, którzy wygenerowali te algorytmy, może to prowadzić do poważnych szkód. https://news.mit.edu/2022/artificial-intelligence-predicts-patients-race-from-medical-images-0520 Piątek 20 maja to dzień, w którym świat spotyka się, by świętować pszczoły. https://www.pcgamer.com/its-world-bee-day-so-lets-marvel-at-ai-hives-that-know-exactly-what-bees-need/ Proces pisania programu telewizyjnego zazwyczaj obejmuje pokój pisarzy i dużo czasu, ponieważ ludzie wymyślają fabułę i dialog, dzięki którym program działa. https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/19/can-ai-write-an-episode-of-stargate-google-ai-took-on-the-challenge/ Izraelski startup AI BeyondMinds powiadomił w niedzielę swoich 65 pracowników, że firma się zamyka i że zostaną zwolnieni. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hkuztjud9 Odwiedź www.integratedaisolutions.com
Das Ziel von SoundHound for Restaurants ist es, die Nachfrage der Gäste zu befriedigen, da die Betreiber höhere Volumina von digitalen Kanälen jonglieren und gleichzeitig ein hohes Maß an Kundenservice aufrechterhalten. https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/soundhound-launches-ai-voice-ordering-integration-with-square-to-automate-phone-calls/624032/ Die Fehleinschätzung von Algorithmen ist ein kritisches Problem; https://news.mit.edu/2022/artificial-intelligence-predicts-patients-race-from-medical-images-0520 Freitag, der 20. Mai, ist der Tag, an dem die Welt zusammenkommt, um die Bienen zu feiern. https://www.pcgamer.com/its-world-bee-day-so-lets-marvel-at-ai-hives-that-know-exactly-what-bees-need/ Der Prozess des Schreibens einer Fernsehsendung erfordert normalerweise ein Autorenzimmer und viel Zeit, da Menschen die Handlung und den Dialog herausfinden, die eine Show zum Funktionieren bringen. https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/19/can-ai-write-an-episode-of-stargate-google-ai-took-on-the-challenge/ Das israelische KI-Startup BeyondMinds teilte seinen 65 Mitarbeitern am Sonntag mit, dass das Unternehmen geschlossen wird und sie entlassen werden. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hkuztjud9 Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com
SoundHound for Restaurants' goal is to meet diner demand as operators juggle higher volumes of digital channels while maintaining high levels of customer service. https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/soundhound-launches-ai-voice-ordering-integration-with-square-to-automate-phone-calls/624032/ Algorithm misjudgment is a critical problem; When artificial intelligence reflects unconscious thoughts, racism and prejudices of the people who generated these algorithms, it can cause serious harm. https://news.mit.edu/2022/artificial-intelligence-predicts-patients-race-from-medical-images-0520 Friday May 20th is the day when the world comes together to celebrate the bees. https://www.pcgamer.com/its-world-bee-day-so-lets-marvel-at-ai-hives-that-know-exactly-what-bees-need/ The process of writing a TV show usually requires a writer's room and a lot of time as people figure out the plot and dialogue that make a show work. https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/19/can-ai-write-an-episode-of-stargate-google-ai-took-on-the-challenge/ Israeli AI startup BeyondMinds announced to its 65 employees on Sunday that the company is closing and they will be laid off. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hkuztjud9 Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com
Israeli start-up, Beewise, is on a mission to save the bee colonies, which are decreasing at an alarming rate. Co-Founder and CEO, Saar Safra, joins us to explain more. Dr. Sina Habibi, co-founder and CEO of Cognetivity Neurosciences, reveals the AI tool that predicts dementia. Also, we crack into plant-based eggs with Eran Groner, CEO of Yo! Egg. Plus, Clinton May, Federal Strategist from Deepgram, explains how AI can improve astronaut training and support space missions by transcribing and analyzing international space station communication. Links to this week's stories and discussion: [08:34] Saar Safra: https://www.beewise.ag/ (beewise.ag) [17:37] Apptastic: brought to you by https://www.ecobee.com/en-ca/ (ecobee) [25:44] Dr. Sina Habibi: https://cognetivity.com/ (cognetivity.com) [35:39] Eran Groner: https://www.yo-egg.com/ (yo-egg.com) [43:41] Clinton May: https://deepgram.com/ (deepgram.com) You can also find both https://twitter.com/ambermac (AmberMac) and https://twitter.com/MBancroft80 (Michael B) on Twitter.
Le 20 mai, c'est la journée mondiale des abeilles ! On a donc décidé de s'intéresser à une initiative en faveur de la préservation de cette espèce essentielle touchée par une mortalité inquiétante. Ça se passe en Israël où une start-up a conçu des conteneurs capables d'accueillir jusqu'à 25 ruches, entièrement contrôlés par ordinateur et gérés par des robots. Tout leur environnement est ainsi contrôlé pour leur offrir les meilleures conditions de vie et soigner les abeilles en cas de problèmes. Une innovation qui pourrait réduire dans l'avenir l'impact de l'activité humaine sur leurs vies.Jeanne Lacaille nous en parle dans Ailleurs dans le monde. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.
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Does a bee's gut influence its sociability? Can a plant deter pests and attract pollinators at the same time? And with bee populations under threat, can artificial intelligence keep colonies safe? The EU estimates pollinators such as honeybees contribute at least EUR 22 billion each year to the European agricultural industry. They are so important that the United Nations has designated the 20th of May as World Bee Day, so this episode of CORDIScovery looks at bees! Hallel Schreier focuses on the intersection between software, artificial intelligence, hardware and biology. His company BeeWise has created the world's first robotic beehive! He is joined by Stuart Campbell, who is based at the University of Sheffield where he leads a research laboratory in the area of chemical ecology and evolution of insect-plant interactions. And: Joanito Liberti who is an evolutionary molecular ecologist based at the University of Lausanne. Joanito is currently studying how the gut/brain axis manifests itself through the social behaviour of honeybees.
Podcast jest dostępny także w formie newslettera: https://ainewsletter.integratedaisolutions.com/ Reid Hoffman, miliarder LinkedIn, wraz ze współzałożycielem DeepMind Mustafą Suleymanem i byłym badaczem DeepMind Karénem Simonyan, założył nowy start-up zajmujący się sztuczną inteligencją o nazwie Inflection AI. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/08/reid-hoffman-has-set-up-a-new-ai-company-with-deepminds-co-founder.html Dwóch badaczy ze Stanford odkryło powszechne stosowanie fałszywych kont Linkedin utworzonych ze zdjęć profilowych generowanych przez sztuczną inteligencję (AI). https://petapixel.com/2022/03/29/researchers-discover-more-than-1000-ai-generated-linkedin-profiles/ Izraelski startup zajmujący się technologią pszczół Beewise, twórca zrobotyzowanych uli, zainwestował 80 milionów dolarów w zautomatyzowane rozwiązanie mające na celu ratowanie globalnej populacji pszczół, poinformowała w środę firma. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-bee-tech-startup-beewise-pulls-in-80m-investment-for-robotic-beehives/ Intel ogłosił w czwartek, że osiągnął porozumienie w sprawie nabycia Granulate Cloud Solutions, izraelskiego twórcy oprogramowania do ciągłej optymalizacji w czasie rzeczywistym. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1zywmmmc IBM — https://newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-and-the-Recording-Academy-R-Deliver-Artificial-Intelligence-Powered-Fan-Experiences-for-the-64th-Annual-GRAMMY-Awards-R-Red-Carpet-and-Artist-Pages Odwiedź www.integratedaisolutions.com
Der LinkedIn-Milliardär Reid Hoffman hat zusammen mit DeepMind-Mitbegründer Mustafa Suleyman und der ehemaligen DeepMind-Forscherin Karén Simonyan ein neues Start-up-Unternehmen für künstliche Intelligenz namens Inflection AI gegründet. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/08/reid-hoffman-has-set-up-a-new-ai-company-with-deepminds-co-founder.html Zwei Stanford-Forscher haben eine weit verbreitete Verwendung von gefälschten LinkedIn-Konten festgestellt, die mit von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) generierten Profilfotos erstellt wurden. https://petapixel.com/2022/03/29/researchers-discover-more-than-1000-ai-generated-linkedin-profiles/ Das israelische Bienentechnologie-Startup Beewise, ein Entwickler von Roboterbienenstöcken, hat eine Investition von 80 Millionen US-Dollar für seine automatisierte Lösung zur Rettung der weltweiten Bienenpopulationen getätigt, gab das Unternehmen am Mittwoch bekannt. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-bee-tech-startup-beewise-pulls-in-80m-investment-for-robotic-beehives/ Intel gab am Donnerstag bekannt, dass es eine Vereinbarung zur Übernahme von Granulate Cloud Solutions getroffen hat, einem in Israel ansässigen Entwickler von kontinuierlicher Echtzeit-Optimierungssoftware. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1zywmmmc IBM – der offizielle Cloud- und Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Partner der Recording Academy® – bringt „GRAMMY® Insights with IBM Watson“ für den Livestream der 64. jährlichen GRAMMY Awards® auf dem roten Teppich zurück, um den Fans überraschende und ansprechende Informationen zu liefern über ihre Lieblingskünstler. https://newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-and-the-Recording-Academy-R-Deliver-Artificial-Intelligence-Powered-Fan-Experiences-for-the-64th-Annual-GRAMMY-Awards-R-Red-Carpet-and-Artist-Pages Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com
LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman has co-founded a new artificial intelligence startup company called Inflection AI with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and former DeepMind researcher Karén Simonyan. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/08/reid-hoffman-has-set-up-a-new-ai-company-with-deepminds-co-founder.html Two Stanford researchers have found widespread use of fake LinkedIn accounts created with artificial intelligence (AI)-generated profile photos. https://petapixel.com/2022/03/29/researchers-discover-more-than-1000-ai-generated-linkedin-profiles/ Israeli bee technology startup Beewise, a developer of robotic hives, has made an $80 million investment in its automated solution to save the world's bee populations, the company announced on Wednesday. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-bee-tech-startup-beewise-pulls-in-80m-investment-for-robotic-beehives/ Intel announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Granulate Cloud Solutions, an Israel-based developer of real-time continuous optimization software. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1zywmmmc IBM - the Official Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Partner of The Recording Academy® - is bringing back "GRAMMY® Insights with IBM Watson" for the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards® red carpet live stream to bring fans surprising and engaging To provide information about their favorite artists. https://newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-and-the-Recording-Academy-R-Deliver-Artificial-Intelligence-Powered-Fan-Experiences-for-the-64th-Annual-GRAMMY-Awards-R-Red-Carpet-and-Artist-Pages Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com
Crushed, pressed or cured, garlic is used by many in Mzansi. Plus, it's actually considered a profitable venture for new farmers to grow and this week share a guide to get started! From an Israeli bee tech start up, Beewise developing robotic hives to urban rooftop bee farmers in Mzansi. Agricultures mission to save the global bee population is certainly creative. Thabile Nkunjana agricultural economist at the National Agricultural Marketing Council explains how saving the bees could be doing more harm than good. We have an exclusive with David Sonnenberg, owner of Diemersfontein wine and country estate in Wellington in the Western Cape. We find out how their Thokozani project is changing the game for agriculural workers on their farm. Our book of the week is, Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore. And, our farmer tip of the week comes from Jackye Riddle from DragonFruit Patensie.
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NEWS Stanford engineers invent a solar panel that generates electricity at night | Interesting Engineer (01:08) Solar panels at night can freely radiate infrared light out into space.Solar panels — like everything warmer than absolute zero — emit infrared radiation. Cloudless nights being optimal, because no clouds equals less reflection of the infrared light onto the ground.Radiative cooling (surface is cooler than air) phenomenon that only happens when skies are clear. That flow of energy enables the device Stanford University researchers created — an ordinary solar panel outfitted with a thermoelectric generator — to generate a small amount of electricity from the slight difference in temperature between the ambient air and the surface of a solar panel pointed deep into space. Lead researcher, Sid Assawaworrarit, states:“There's actually light going out [from the solar panel], and we use that to generate electricity at night. The photons going out into the night sky actually cool down the solar cell.” Photons leave the sky facing surface of the solar panel, and they carry heat with them. The surface of a solar panel will be a few degrees cooler than the air around it. A device called a thermoelectric generator can capture some of the heat flowing from the warmer air to the cooler solar panel and convert it into electricity. On a clear night, the device tested on the Stanford rooftop generates roughly fifty milliwatts for every square meter of solar panel (50 mW/m2). They believe the “theoretical limit is probably about one or two watts per square meter” Not a huge number but some SMALL applications could use this powerNight Light Home phone Unlike batteries that degrade substantially after a few thousand charge cycles, the kind of thermoelectric generators used in these solar panels are solid state, so according to Sid, the lifetime is “pretty much forever”. Another possible use for the technology is powering the immense network of environmental sensorsUsed to keep tabs on everything from weather conditions to invasive species in far-flung corners of the globe. Rocket Lab prepares its chopper to catch a returning booster in midair | New Atlas (07:28) Recycling has quickly become the name of the game in the world of commercial spaceflight.SpaceX & Blue Origin with reusable rockets Rocket Lab has plans on recycling their first stage of its Electron booster, but they plan on getting it back in a different way.The plan will soon achieve a key milestone by collecting the first stage in midair with a customized Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. Their reusability goal has been laid out since 2019, where their initial plans were to have the stage land in the water where a recovery vessel could go retrieve it.Accomplished this back in 2020 In parallel, it has been gathering data and fine-tuning the descent process with a view to recovering the rocket in a more audacious way. In 2020, they succeeded in using a helicopter to catch a replica of its Electron first-stage over the open ocean in New Zealand Now they plan on trying to catch the real thing. Later this month, the Electron rocket will carry out its 26th launch, taking off from New Zealand to deliver 34 small satellites to orbit. Before lift-off, a modified Sikorsky S-92 will move into the "capture zone" around 150 nautical miles (277 km) offshore. It will wait for the first stage to hurtle back toward Earth at up to 8,300 km/h (5,150 mph). At an altitude of 13 km (8.3 miles), Electron will deploy a smaller drogue parachute before deploying a main parachute at around 6 km (3.7 miles). This will slow the first stage to speeds of just 10 meters a second (22.3 mph), enabling the chopper to hook the parachute line. This first attempt at mid-air recovery will take place in late April, with the 14-day launch window scheduled to open on the 19th. Looking Through Mojo Vision's Newest AR Contact Lens | IEEE Spectrum (12:17) This article is the author's (Tekla S. Perry) account of getting to Mojo Vision's AR contact lens. Note: It is still a prototype, and still needs clinical testing and further development ahead before it can apply for FDA approval. She was given a demo. The contact lens wasn't actually placed in her eye because that would require an eye exam but she held a lens very close to one eye and peeked through.That means that the lens would not be able to track eye movements since it is not on the eyeball. Additionally since it was one lens the images appear 2D but with 2 contacts in it would appear 3D in the final product. Several apps were utilized in the demo:One being a simple app that would tag compass headings as she turned to face different directions. A teleprompter app that naturally scrolled up and down to move through the text A video stream Possible travel tool apps,High-resolution monochrome image of an incoming Uber driver Biking app that called up heart rate and other training information Image sensors—a feature of earlier demos that showed off edge detection in low light and other vision enhancements—have yet to be built into the current prototype, but they are in the works according to the company. Here is Steve Sinclair, Mojo senior vice president of product and marketing giving more information about the battery on the lens:“The battery is in the outer ring, embedded in the lens. We are partnering with a medical-grade battery company that makes implantable microbatteries for things like pacemakers, to design something safe to wear” The company is looking to help people with low vision issues.Low vision is a vision problem that makes it hard to do everyday activities. It can't be fixed with glasses, contact lenses, or other standard treatments like medicine or surgery. Steve continues talking about developing tools to help people with low vision issues, “We've been using mainly low-vision capabilities built into smartphones right now to take pictures of things and bring them up to your eye for zooming in and out; we'll add in the imager and test those capabilities out next.” What is next for the company?They want to start testing the complete prototype on-eye, and see how well it works in different situations. According to Steve, the first test subjects will be Drew Perkins, the CEO and probably Mike Wiemer, the CTO. Simple delivery method enhances a promising cancer treatment | MedicalXPress (20:11) One cutting-edge cancer treatment exciting researchers today involves collecting and reprogramming a patient's T cells and then putting them back into the body ready to detect and destroy cancerous cells.Works great for widespread blood cancers like leukemia, but not so much for solid tumors. Because they are dense, exist in specific locations and have defenses to hide from and fend off immune cells. Maybe that will change with a new delivery technique developed by Stanford University engineers, which enhances the "attack power" of the modified immune cells.Called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells The researchers add CAR-T cells and specialized signaling proteins to a hydrogel—a water-filled gel that has characteristics in common with biological tissues—and inject the substance next to a tumor. Protein is called cytokines, which tell the engineered immune cells to rapidly replicate and prepare to destroy a tumor. With the normal IV approach the amount of cytokines needed to activate the T-cells to destroy a solid tumor would be toxic to the body. The gel gives a temporary environment for the immune cells to multiply and activate in preparation to fight cancerous cells. Additionally, the gell acts like a leaky holding pen that pumps out activated CAR-T cells to continuously attack the tumor over time. Eric Appel, senior author on the paper talks on how this research is focusing on area not thought about:“A lot of the CAR-T cell field is focusing on how to make better cells themselves, but there is much less focus on how to make the cells more effective once in the body … So what we're doing is totally complementary to all of the efforts to engineer better cells." Now to see if it works on mice models:The researchers found that all experimental animals injected with gel containing both CAR-T cells and cytokines became cancer-free after 12 days. Also tried delivering just CAR-T cells in the gel, but the tumors disappeared more slowly or not at all in some mice. Additionally, the gel did not induce adverse inflammatory reactions in the mice, and it fully degraded within the body in a few weeks. Appel says his lab's next set of experiments will further explore the gel delivery method's ability to treat faraway tumors. This research proposes a simple and effective way to improve a promising cancer treatment. Israeli bee tech startup Beewise pulls in $80m investment for robotic beehives | Times of Israel (27:19) We have a problem with the honeybee population. In the US alone, beekeepers lost an estimated 45% of their managed honeybee colonies between April 2020 and April 2021, marking the second-highest annual loss on record. This could be a result of a “perfect storm” of multiple issues happening at once. Climate issues, habitat loss, excessive use of agricultural chemicals, parasitic mites, and various pathogens. A new startup that recently received an $80m investment, Beewise, is looking at ways to combat this growing problem globally. They developed the “Beehome.”A solar-powered, converted container that brings together robotics, artificial intelligence, imaging, a software platform, and a mobile application to monitor and care for honeybees around the clock. The device can house up to 24 bee colonies Automatically controls for climate and humidity conditions, Detects and eliminates pests and parasites, Identifies when a colony is preparing to swarm, sends alerts when human intervention is needed Even harvests the honey the bees produce. CEO Saar Safra, discusses the benefits of robot bee keeping:“Treating and caring for living biological beings in real-time helps keep them strong and healthy. A robot can do this all day long; it doesn't get tired. Humans can't treat bees in real-time. If there's a problem, you don't know about it until you get to the hives. They [beekeepers] need to drive into the field — if they have 1,000 boxes scattered around, they need to look into them to see what's happening, and often it's too late as the colony has collapsed.” According to the company's initial internal findings, colony collapse with the Beehome is reduced to about 10 percent. A step in the right direction, hopefully they can boost that number higher. In addition to more investments, Beewise also announced a lighter-weight version of the Beehome with a more effective feeding system and stronger solar panels. Beewise is fulfilling thousands of orders in the US and, with the funding, “will be able to meet incredible market demand through increased manufacturing, develop additional product iterations, and further improve pollination,” according to the CEO.
"Landökosysteme schützen, wiederherstellen und ihre nachhaltige Nutzung fördern, Wälder nachhaltig bewirtschaften, Wüstenbildung bekämpfen, Bodendegradation beenden und umkehren und dem Verlust der biologischen Vielfalt ein Ende setzen" - das ist das Ziel des 15. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Leben an Land. Was genau soll mit SDG 15 erreicht werden? - Intakte Landökosysteme und ihre Leistungen erhalten, wiederherstellen und nachhaltig nutzen - Verschlechterung natürlicher Lebensräume und Biodiversitätsverlust verringern Gute Umweltgesetzgebung effektiv durchsetzen - Entwaldung beenden und Wald nachhaltig bewirtschaften und wiederherstellen - Wüstenbildung bekämpfen und geschädigte Flächen und Böden wiederherstellen - Wilderei und illegalen Handel mit geschützten Arten beenden - Ökosystem- und Biodiversitätswerte in Planung, Strategien und Rechnungssysteme einbeziehen - Zugang zu genetischen Ressourcen und gerechten Vorteilsausgleich fördern Purpose Projects wie Beewise, WILD ME oder Non-Fungible Animals vom WWF setzen sich dafür ein, weltweit für ein besseres Leben an Land zu sorgen.
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Imagine a completely automated beekeeping operation. Well, BeeWise has created the Bee Home, housing 24 colonies that is a solar powered, insulated, and completely automated for every beekeeping management task. Saar Safar, our guest today, was approached by a beekeeper that had a rough idea of what he wanted, and Saar put his own skills at mechanical and digital automation to work and BeeWise came to be. The Bee Home is totally self-contained and requires almost no beekeeper assistance. There are 24 colonies in each unit, 12 colonies on each side of the bee home that open to the outside. Inside the bee home box there is a space between the two sides that a robot occupies. It can move from front to back, and it can inspect each of the hives from inside. It removes a frame, examines its condition relative to brood, disease, food and more, and sends the data to the cloud where a beekeeper can make appropriate management decisions. Annual losses in the Beewise bee homes are less than 10%, which is a real plus. Labor costs to manage and supply food for the robot to feed colonies, or remove the extracted honey are minute when compared to traveling to remote beeyards, having to examine each hive and then managing it for survival. The costs are evolving, but at this time there is no initial upfront purchase cost. Then $400/month for each unit containing 24 colonies. That's $200/year for each colony with essentially no labor costs and less than 10% annual loss. Almond pollination will pay the rent, and the honey made is only a plus, along with the many extra bees available to split and sell. They've been at this for several years, improving and adding features and testing these units, and thousands of colonies have been managed in them, and it seems they have it down. Take a look at the web page and see for yourself. BeeWise. Completely automated beekeeping. Links and websites mentioned in this podcast: Beewise - https://beewise.ag Marla Spivak on Wait What, "How The Bees Saved Me" - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-the-bees-saved-me-by-dr-marla-spivak/id1472106563?i=1000538436515 Bee Blower - https://www.ryobitools.com/products/details/33287174447 Honey Bee Obscura Podcast - https://www.honeybeeobscura.com ______________ This episode is brought to you by Global Patties! Global Patties is a family business that manufactures protein supplement patties for honey bees. Feeding your hives protein supplement patties will help ensure that they produce strong and health colonies by increasing brood production and overall honey flow. Global offers a variety of standard patties, as well as custom patties to meet your specific needs. Visit them today at http://globalpatties.com and let them know you appreciate them sponsoring this episode! We welcome Betterbee as sponsor of today's episode. BetterBee's mission is to support every beekeeper with excellent customer service, continued education and quality equipment. From their colorful and informative catalog to their support of beekeeper educational activities, including this podcast series, BetterBee truly is Beekeepers Serving Beekeepers. See for yourself at www.betterbee.com Thanks to Strong Microbials for their support of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heir line of probiotics in our Season 3, Episode 12 episode and from their website: https://www.strongmicrobials.com We want to also thank 2 Million Blossoms as a sponsor of the podcast. 2 Million Blossoms is a quarterly magazine destined for your coffee table. Each page of the magazine is dedicated to the stories and photos of all pollinators and written by leading researchers, photographers and our very own, Kim Flottum. _______________ We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com Follow Beekeeping Today Podcast today! Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thank you for listening! Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"; Musicalman, "Epilogue". Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott Beekeeping Today Podcast is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC