Poachers are a real problem for many animals. Despite conservation efforts, these people continue to hunt endangered species for monetary gain. Where man power is hard to come by, technology has an answer in the form of an AI Camera that can catch poachers in action.
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One of the bigger health issues in the world is lack of water sanitation. We’re going to talk about poop. If you’re reading this then you probably have access to a sewer system that safely removes the waste from your home but in many places around the world, the people lack this which leads to illness. Bill Gates hopes that a new take on the toilet can change that.
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Ever suffered that moment of forgetting your wallet/keys/chap stick and you were in a hurry when you ran out the door? And now you’re locked out/can’t get on the bus/got dry lips and your morning is ruined all because you left something important. Say no more with the Adero, the system that makes any bag smart.
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Technology can be isolating but more and more developers are searching for ways to use it to comfort and make people feel more connected. One train of thought is using robots to replace the missing companionship. LOVOT is the robot built to make people feel like someone is there for them.
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How much plastic is there in landfills? Is it really that big of problem? Well the short answer is, yes. This awesome graphic from the Royal Statistical Society drops some quick facts about the state of plastic in the world and shows why, more than ever, we need to be moving towards less plastic use rather than counting on recycling to save us.
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If you’re looking for an extra tablet or mini pc for work or writing, look no further! The Simbans TangoTab Keyboard Edition is cheap and awesome!
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Snow, it’s more important than people think. If you’re just living in a city, it’s the white stuff that makes your morning commute a hassle but for people in certain parts of the world that rely on winter snowfall to create the green pastures of spring, the lack of it is causing big problems. No worries though, science can make more with cloud seeding but it has some drawbacks.
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We waste a lot of food. Like, as a society, not just the leftovers that you let go off in your fridge. We throw out food from restaurants, grocery stores, and even before it makes it to those places for not being pretty enough and startups are beginning to fight this problem.
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Instagram is the social media platform for pictures. That’s what it’s good at, it’s its whole thing. And what do pictures have? Color, usually. Now you can see what your year looked like in color with the YearOfColour web app, the app that turns your Insta feed into a color diagram.
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Nothing is ever too old to make positive changes! At least that’s the lesson we can learn from Spain who is converting all 97 of it’s hotels that are found in castles and monasteries, known as paradores, into running on renewable energy sources.
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For the first time this century something new has entered the public domain. Finally works form 1923 have become public for the good of the culture! If you have a hankering to check out some classics and maybe remix them in your own work, see what’s out there for use on this website.
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