The Weekly Dive #41
A Chinese company launches a battery-powered cargo container. Floating solar panels at the Equator could provide unlimited energy. 3 innovative startups are trying to solve the water crisis in Latin America. Ocean 14 Capital targets a €200M fund after receiving €30M from Convex Group. Transcend raises $20M to automate critical infrastructure design. Aquanzo bags £1.2M for land-based systems for the aquafeed market. Scientists claim there is "no quick fix" for Antarctica. An AI model by NASA and IBM can help fight climate change. This week, we are highlighting Todd Rawlings, one of HydroDAO's advisors.
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This week's quote:
"Water is the softest thing, yet its power can penetrate mountains and earth" - Lao Tzu
What's New with Water Innovations?
Chinese company launches battery-powered cargo container
The ship has swappable batteries that will help it traverse the nearly 600-mile (965 km) inland route without any emissions.
Floating Solar Panels at The Equator Could Provide Virtually Unlimited Energy
Solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide unlimited solar energy.
Waste to wings: Start-up aims for clean, sustainable air travel
“Twelve uses carbon transformation to address emissions and to enable a world made from air, not oil.”
How 3 innovative startups are tackling Latin America's water crisis
In Uruguay’s capital, tap water is now deemed undrinkable as the reservoirs have run dry.
What's New in the Industry?
Ocean 14 Capital eyes €200M target after €30M boost, invests in Norway's Ava Ocean
Ocean 14 Capital surpasses €150M funding target, thanks to a €30M investment from Convex Group and others. The fund is now targeting €200M by end of 2023.
Anu awarded $200,000 grant to mass manufacture its aeroponic seed pods
Purdue alumni founders’ goal is for users to collectively become the largest farm in the world.
The startup that plans to scale-up land-based Artemia production
Aquanzo recently raised £1.2 million to help them to upscale their production.
Transcend Raises $20M Series B to Automate Critical Infrastructure Design
Investors in the round include Autodesk, Inc., PureTerra Ventures, HG Ventures, Aspen...
What's New in the Science?
Irreversible Antarctica: ‘No quick fix’, scientists claim
Scientists warned, it could take decades to recover from the mishap of climate change but immediate action is needed.
New robotic sea turtle could protect and guide hatchlings
The researchers evaluated the locomotive flexibility of this robotic sea turtle prototype on the Notre Dame campus.
A floating sponge could help remove harmful algal blooms
A porous sponge made of melamine destroyed 85% of algal cells from water samples, within hours.
AI model by NASA and IBM can help fight climate change
The model will be openely available on Hugging Face.
Todd is a former Microsoft Team Manager and Technology Leader for their Datacenter Cloud Operations and Innovation focusing on advanced technology for building and operating Earth Sustainable Data Centers. He is a multi-patented inventor and motivational speaker with Strategic and Quality focused mindset working at the intersection of Customer/Business needs and Technology to achieve breakthrough results.
Todd has created significant new Intellectual Property (IP) value through his patents and his creating R&D products that have industry disruptive results including: Submerged Datacenter; Datacenter Immersed in Cooling Liquid; Datacenter Power Management System; Networked Device Resource Enumeration and Datacenter Byproduct Management Interface System.
Thank you Todd for your leadership and passion creating technology innovations to reduce water usage by water centric data center companies, and for your deep support to our HydroDAO community.
What's in the Future?
Hydrogen-powered flights aim to go commercial by 2025
Startups are also solving logistical problems of hydrogen usage so that the transition can happen smoothly and swiftly.
