Non-profit organisation WeRobotics focuses on technology transfer, knowledge exchange and local expertise. It wants to help people in the global South use drones to collect local data and put it to good use.
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How can we design AI-based systems so that they benefit the common good? RESET talked to Kristina Penner from AlgorithmWatch about algorithmic bias and the potential for AI to reproduce systemic inequalities - but also about transparency and civic participation.
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Beaming solar power from space to Earth has long been talked about in theory, but now the first steps are being taken towards making it a reality.
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Until recently, climate engineering was considered too risky to warrant serious attention, but as we edge closer to irreversible climate tipping points, that has begun to change. In April the first-ever tests of cloud brightening technology were carried out in the hope that it could save the Great Barrier Reef.
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Beaming solar power from space to Earth has long been talked about in theory, but now the first steps are being taken towards making it a reality.
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Bike Citizens is a positive double-whammy for more cycling-friendly sustainable cities - it's a navigation app that shows cyclists the best routes around town, while simultaneously collecting data on bicycle movement and behaviour for more bike-friendly cities. We talked to Elisabeth Felberbauer from Bike Citizens to find out more.
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With global biodiversity in crisis, conservationists around the world are devising more and more innovative ways to curb species loss. One of the latest initiatives is Wildlife Insights: a new tool that harnesses the power of AI to dramatically grow our knowledge about wildlife populations.
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Smarter Sorting’s AI-powered platform wants to help drastically cut retail waste, diverting valuable products from landfill and back into recycling and reuse.
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A new research project called "Dare2Del" wants to help employees save time and energy, improve their focus, and simply feel a whole lot better too, by guiding them through an AI-powered digital "decluttering" that's optimised to their personal needs. RESET interviewed the project lead, Ute Schmid, to find out more.
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Is sustainability measurable? The startup HEDERA has developed a digital toolkit to collect and visualise data for the microfinance sector - making it easier to find out whether projects achieve the desired impact.
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Using satellite imagery and AI, one Portuguese company is creating geospatial insights to help businesses understand and solve key environmental challenges.
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Researchers from across the continent are collaborating on an open source AI project to develop machine translation for African languages - facilitating communication, increasing accessibility and opening doors to the world’s youngest continent to play a stronger role in shaping the digital world.
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Maintaining physical distance is the most powerful thing we can do to help slow the spread of the pandemic, but demonstrations of solidarity and togetherness are needed now more than ever. Thankfully there's a lot we can do to help others - often without even having to leave the house.
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Non-profit organisation WeRobotics focuses on technology transfer, knowledge exchange and local expertise. It wants to help people in the global South use drones to collect local data and put it to good use.
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