Month: April 2021
Artificial Intelligence in Irrigation
The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the importance of IoT beyond the traditional focus of industrial applications and this brings about the need to regulate and optimize water resources for agriculture, as well as the move to more sustainable farming systems is a shared concern in many developing countries and across the globe , to develop
Small Scale Farmers are Live savers
Around a third of the world’s food is produced by the world smallholder farmers for example Smallholders’ contributions to food supply varies enormously between countries, with the share as high as 80 percent in China and in the low single-digits for Brazil and Nigeria. Meanwhile, the largest one percent of farms in the world –
Protecting the Soil for Sustainability
Enhancing the role of soil organisms in sustaining life on Earth is key. The soil host more than 25 percent of the world’s supply of this valued resource from where 95 percent of the food we eat is produced and Soils are one of the main global reservoirs of biodiversity, it also has more than
frugal innovation
It discovers new business models, reconfigures value chains, and redesigns products to serve users who face extreme affordability constraints, in a scalable and sustainable manner. sparse research funding, government restrictions, a cultural under-appreciation of entrepreneurs and a focus by many governments on large-scale industrialisation as the way ahead are holding back efforts could help create
Protecting Areas for Climate Change
a new global plan to turn 30% of the earth into environmental sanctuaries by 2030 is not the solution as humanity is scrambling to prevent the cascading effects of climate change .The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty tasked to do exactly that – protect the planet’s diversity of life which
Bitcoin could help fight climate change
Bitcoin critics often assert that bitcoin mining consumes more resources, specifically energy, than the benefits it creates. The world’s top cryptocurrency has a massive carbon footprint, but ARK Invest says Bitcoin could boost investment in renewables. During Bitcoin production, a global, decentralised network of computers (aka mining rigs) races to verify blocks of Bitcoin transactions,
Collapse of European Super League
The European Super League highlighted the fault lines in the new geopolitics of the world’s most popular sport. Football fans across Europe were put in the unusual position of agreeing with former Manchester United captain Gary Neville, when his blistering excoriation of the plans on Sky Sports went viral on Sunday evening. Just days after
NASA space mission
SpaceX have launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space Station (ISS), the first crew ever propelled towards orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight. It was the first time SpaceX reused a capsule and rocket to launch astronauts for NASA after years of proving the capability on
Earth Day Summit
The purpose of the Earth Day Summit is to highlight the urgency of climate action and underscore the economic benefits to be reaped from investing in renewable energy as well as minimising the catastrophic impacts of global warming. The aggressive goal set the tone for a summit that gathers leaders from some 40 nations as
Tesla car’s Autopilot mode
Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated system can keep a car centred in its lane, keep a distance from cars in front of it, and can even change lanes on its own with a driver’s consent. But Tesla has said the driver must be ready to intervene at all times. Tesla Model Y automatically steered along painted