After helping to launch the Partnership on AI with Google, Facebook and others; and doubling down on AI research, today Microsoft unveiled a new initiative that points to how it plans to target specific verticals in what can potentially be a very nebulous field — while also raising the public image of AI as some grow concerned about the implications of its encroaching influence. Continue reading Microsoft launches AI for Earth to give $2M in services to environmental projects
Sometimes, it seems like every possible on-demand service that could be created has already come along — and, in some cases, gone away. But Recycle Track Systems (RTS), a two-year-old, New York-based waste and recycling management technology company, serves to remind that there remain plenty of opportunities for startups looking to turn our smartphones into lucrative businesses. Continue reading An ‘Uber for garbage’ picks up steam, and $11.7 million in Series A funding
Ride your bike to the office, then ride upstairs
Continue reading This Bike-Powered Elevator Takes Commuting To The Next Level
Inside a shipping container-sized box at MIT Media Lab, crops of basil are growing in micro-climates designed by artificial intelligence. The first experiments, with controlled levels and duration of UV light, aim to grow a tastier version. As the mini-greenhouse generates roughly 3 million data points for each growth cycle of a single plant, the AI uses machine learning to analyze it and create new and better “climate recipes”–which can then be shared with anyone trying to grow food indoors. Continue reading These Food Computers Use AI To Make “Climate Recipes” For The Best-Tasting Crops
The biodegradable prototype “is meant to show where the industry can go.” Continue reading The Fabric On These Adidas Shoes Will Decompose In Your Sink
Scientists have created a device that can pull drinking water from the air using only the power of sunlight. The water harvester is so effective that it even works well when humidity is as low as 20 percent—typical of many of the driest regions on Earth. Continue reading Scientists Turn Air into Drinking Water with Device Powered Solely By Sunlight
There’s nothing cute about plucking plastic garbage out of Baltimore harbor waters. Not until you’ve met Mr. Trash Wheel, anyway. Thanks to this floating trash wheel with giant googly eyes, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is cleaner than it’s been in years. And it’s getting clean in efficient and adorable style. Continue reading Mr. Trash Wheel Is The Eco-Friendly Plastic-Picking Device Cleaning Up Harbors
