Good News Notes: “Beaches are fun places to go to, but it only takes a few bad apples to ruin the experience for everyone. By that we mean litterbugs, people who don’t think about other people and just dump their trash on the beach. This includes empty bottles, cans, food wrappings, actual food, cigarette buds,…
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Automate The Farm With Acorn
Good News Notes: “Farming has been undergoing quite a revolution in the past few years. Since World War 2, most industrial farming has relied on synthetic fertilizer, large machinery, and huge farms with single crops. Now there is a growing number of successful farmers bucking that trend with small farms growing many crops and using…
This Soft Robot Stingray Just Explored the Deepest Point in the Ocean
Good News Notes: “While all eyes were on the dramatic descent of NASA’s Perseverance rover last month, a team sent a robot into another alien world, one closer to home: the deep sea. With its towering undersea mountains, dramatic geological features, and unique creatures—many of which remain mysterious—the deep sea is the last uncharted environment on Earth. The inaccessibility…
Deep sea expedition uncovers 30 new species, plus longest-known animal
Good News Notes: “The expedition was conducted by scientists from the Western Australian Museum, Curtin University, Geoscience Australia, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Schmidt Ocean Institute. Over the course of 20 dives and 180 hours, the team explored the Ningaloo Canyons in the Indian Ocean down to depths of 4,500 m (14,765 ft). Using a…
Students Develop Recycling Robot at MakeHarvard
Good News Notes: “A trash recycling robot named GARI was recently developed by a team of Illinois Wesleyan University students during MakeHarvard, a 24-hour engineering make-a-thon hosted by Harvard University.” View the whole story here: https://www.iwu.edu/news/2020/students-develop-recycling-robot-at-makeharvard.html
Goodbye herbicide, hello weed-zapping farmbot
Good News Notes: “Farmers may soon have an alternative to spraying their fields with chemicals.” Two startup companies are combining “to develop a high-precision robot that can kill weeds with a zap of electricity.” “Dick, a weeding robot, can already remove unwanted plants with either a micro-dose of pesticide or by physically crushing them, but…
This Robot Helps Sick Children 'Visit' A Zoo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/this-robot-helps-sick-children-visit-a-zoo/vi-BBVJcFl