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FuturologyBot t1_iqo2aiq wrote
The following submission statement was provided by /u/thorium43:
This is pretty cool. Offshore wind does good stuff for marine life, and now others are taking advantage of this by farming seaweed there.
Stockholm-headquartered renewable energy developer OX2 has signed letters of intent with Swedish edible seaweed companies Nordic SeaFarm and KOBB to explore the possibility of seaweed farming at one of OX2’s offshore wind farms.
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FuturologyBot t1_iqmwfwt wrote
Reply to The US's National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to make decentralized microgrids as simple to set up and operate as diesel generators, and has created a prototype that is much simpler than existing microgrid technology. by lughnasadh
The following submission statement was provided by /u/lughnasadh:
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I wonder if microgrids are due an economic boom? [13% of the world](https://ourworldindata.org/energy-access#:~:text=940%20million%20(13%25%20of%20the,100%2Dfold%20across%20the%20world.) (940 million people) don't have access to mains electricity. These people are poor, but the cost of microgrids can be shared among small communities. If ten households could share the cost of something costing several thousand dollars, something that costs several hundred dollars seems much more doable. Especially if you consider tying the purchase to microfinance initiatives.
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FuturologyBot t1_iqmbrit wrote
The following submission statement was provided by /u/Sariel007:
>The human genome is made of more than 6 billion letters, and each person has a unique configuration of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts—the molecular building blocks that make up DNA. Determining the sequence of all those letters used to take vast amounts of money, time, and effort. The Human Genome Project took 13 years and thousands of researchers. The final cost: $2.7 billion.
>That 1990 project kicked off the age of genomics, helping scientists unravel genetic drivers of cancer and many inherited diseases while spurring the development of at-home DNA tests, among other advances. Next, researchers started sequencing more genomes: from animals, plants, bacteria, and viruses. Ten years ago, it cost about $10,000 for researchers to sequence a human genome. A few years ago, that fell to $1,000. Today, it’s about $600.
>Now, sequencing is about to get even cheaper. At an industry event in San Diego today, genomics behemoth Illumina unveiled what it calls its fastest, most cost-efficient sequencing machines yet, the NovaSeq X series. The company, which controls around 80 percent of the DNA sequencing market globally, believes its new technology will slash the cost to just $200 per human genome while providing a readout at twice the speed. Francis deSouza, Illumina’s CEO, says the more powerful model will be able to sequence 20,000 genomes per year; its current machines can do about 7,500. Illumina will start selling the new machines today and ship them next year.
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FuturologyBot t1_iql32kd wrote
The following submission statement was provided by /u/Defiant_Swann:
The example of birds and airplanes never get old. Airplanes can’t fly in the same way as birds, but better and without possessing the exact structure of a bird. AI algorithms as complex and powerful will be so good that they become better, not indistinguishable from the human sphere.
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FuturologyBot t1_iqp8j1j wrote
Reply to Development of social robots can take cues from dog-human bonds by WallStreetDoesntBet
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Social robots have been proposed as a solution for social isolation, and to address the challenges associated with ageing. There are several challenges in producing robots that can realistically mimic the behaviour of humans, so researchers are turning to dogs to check if robots can develop similar bonds with humans.
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