The New England Fishing Industry Is Helping Scientists To Understand Ocean Changes

For decades, fishing studies typically employed one-on-one mapping exercises, guided by a facilitator who helped fishing industry participants to draw polygons or mark points on a digital or a paper map of an area of interest. Such ocean mapping has a strong temporal component, as it is intended to gather … [continued]

The Humanoid Robot Market Is Smaller Than It Looks

Humanoid robot narratives usually begin with market size, not with the physics of the work, and that leads to distorted expectations. The common framing treats all human labor as addressable, which implies a market measured in tens of trillions of dollars if one aggregates global wages across sectors. Zach Shahan … [continued]

EU Green Hydrogen Scheme Embraces High-Tech Solar Foods

The Finnish startup Solar Foods leverages a natural microorganism, renewable energy, and green hydrogen to produce Solein, a protein-rich food supplement produced through gas fermentation.

Why Insurance Breaks The Uber-In-The-Air Fantasy

The most interesting person in the first commercial eVTOL launch may not be the pilot, the regulator, the mayor at the ribbon cutting, or the executive standing beside the aircraft. It may be the underwriter. The aircraft may have completed its test program. The regulator may have signed off. The … [continued]