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September 24, 2024

How AI is making electric vehicles safer and more efficient

4 min read - Over 250,000 electric vehicles (EVs) were sold every week last year globally, according to a recent survey from the International Energy Agency. The survey also found that consumer adoption is at a tipping point, with industry executives expecting EVs to account for 40% of car sales by 2030, largely due to EVs becoming cheaper. The battery is the single biggest contributor to the cost of EVs—and a hotspot for concerns around safety and performance. But new research from the University…

September 24, 2024

AI and the future of agriculture

6 min read - Almost half the world’s population lives in households that rely on agrifood systems as their main source of employment, according to the United Nations. And with the world’s population projected to go from 7.3 billion to 9.7 billion by 2050, water scarcity and crop failures due to climate change could lead to catastrophic global food shortages. To keep up with the growing population, the world will need to boost agricultural production by 60% over the next 25 years—and even then…

September 24, 2024

Internet of Animals: A look at the new tech getting animals online

4 min read - All living things on Earth are connected, in that we all affect one another, directly and indirectly. But more often than not, we don’t see or know what is happening in the lives of animals. Deep in the jungles and forests, far off in the deserts and prairies, many species of animals are seeing their behavior change as the planet warms in ways we can’t see. Thanks to technological achievements in recent years, we are starting to have a clearer…

September 23, 2024

Using AI to conserve the endangered African forest elephant

3 min read - In the Congo Basin, the second-largest rainforest in the world, the African forest elephant population has been in drastic decline for decades. This decline is the result of habitat loss caused by deforestation and climate change, along with rampant poaching. We can observe the beneficial environmental effects of these species starting to disappear. As a keystone species in the habitat, the dwindling presence of the elephants has major implications you might not imagine. African forest elephants have been shown to increase…

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