The Weekly Dive #6
A wave-powered device produces water from the oceans. What is the right amount of water you should drink every day? Can you ever drink too much water? SolarisFloat's floating solar panels can follow the sun. Notpla edible packaging coming to you soon. Wastewater specialist IX Water launched a second crowdfunding round. This week, we are highlighting HydroDAO's team member Ting Kelly. Learn about her background and why she devotes her life work to water.
Your weekly Bonus - How much water would make a planet a good contestant for human habitability?
This week's quote:
"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in." - Henry David Thoreau
There’s time enough for everything
There’s always time on hand
At times I feel it pushing
Those times I take a stand
For time is an illusion
Persistent though it be
As time reveals the patterns
In timelessness I’m Free
For time is here to serve us
A constant, moving stream
I use it to my liking
I fish from it my dream
What's New on Medium?
Oceanside Chat: Stuart Rudick and Seth Siegel talk Solutions for a Water-Starved World
Here is our second Medium post. We invite you all to share among your networks on social media to help us raise more awareness about the crucial work HydroDAO is taking on!
What's New with Water?
'Cold hearts': New Airbus aircraft to be powered by hydrogen stored at -253°C
The airplane manufacturer is developing cryogenic hydrogen storage tanks.
A company's innovative floating solar panels stalk the Sun's movements
The solar island comprises 180 movable solar panels that provide an increase in energy production by up to 40%.
A wave-powered device is aiming to produce drinking water from the ocean
Ocean Oasis says it will enable “the production of fresh water from ocean waters by harnessing the energy of the waves”
UK start-up behind algae-based packaging bids for Earthshot glory
Notpla—whose mantra is "we make packaging disappear"—is competing with 14 other firms for five prestigious awards.
What's New in the Industry?
Aleksandra: “Water circularity is a major step towards resilience”
Aleksandra is participating in the fourth group of the European Junior Water Programme (EJWP), and is sharing her experiences with Water News Europe.
South Florida students aim to help solve water issues
SeaLab is an on-campus, engineered tidal pool that will allow students to learn and test solutions to address the global water and sustainability issues.
Watersight Adds Global Companies to the AquaRing Water Monitoring Pilot Program
AquaRing Field Test Begins at MEKOROT’s Water Monitoring Station in Northern Israel.
IX Water returns with a second crowdfunding exercise
Industrial wastewater specialist IX Water is gearing up to launch a new $2 million crowdfunding exercise on 27 November.
What's New in the Science?
Do You Need to Drink Eight Glasses of Water a Day? It's Complicated
The evidence for this claim has largely been debunked. Past studies relied on people recalling how much water they drank, which has low precision.
Bruce Lee died after consuming too much water, claims a new study
A new study appears to reveal that Bruce Lee's untimely demise was brought on by consuming too much water.
Researchers improve water filter systems using AI
The team replicated different patterns of materials and found arrangements that would let water through more easily.
Star Wars to science: Researchers harvest water from air to address shortages
While vaporators are a figment of science fiction, the technology that makes them work may be moving closer to fact.
Ting is an oracular designer, writer and network weaver who walks the path between Silicon Valley and the East, the ancient world of temple arts and the new jedi leadership schools. She grew up in the living room of 'Wired' magazine founders and roamed the Playa of Burning Man starting at the age of 6. Ting has traveled the world with her anthro-futurist family photographing indigenous peoples craft and ceremony.
Ting imprinted her cellular memory of the ancient wisdom with her education in Silicon Valley giving her the rigor and discipline to ground big ideas into the present to shift us to a brighter future. After a 10-year career as an innovation designer and ecosystem researcher, she now offers her expertise to city governments, foundations and family offices, Fortune 100 executives, and startup founders. She recently created the Ritual Collective hosting over 25 immersive retreats, gatherings and workshops around the world. Her roots permeate deep on the coast of Norhern California, where she lives devoting her ritual practices to integral studies, calligraphy and cacao. She serves on advisory boards including: the Long Now Foundation, UN DP Innovation Accelerator, TACT Agora, Water Innovation Advisors and School for Traditions.
What's in the Future?
Study Attempts to Unravel The Best Ratio of Land to Ocean For Exoplanet Habitability
Earth is about 29 percent land and 71 percent oceans. How significant is that mix for habitability? What does it tell us about exoplanet habitability?
