Those wishing to enter into the Australian property market knows it's harder than ever to get in, with property prices rising at a faster time than wages. Luckily there are startups out there with innovative solutions to get people into homes faster. Tackling this issue is the Australian prop-tech platform, Our Leg Up, which is assisting prospective home buyers to get a leg up by fast-tracking prospective buyers entry by up to five years. As well as enabling people to earn a return on real estate equity.https://www.linkedin.com/company/ourlegup/about/

McKinsey research on Europe’s net-zero pathway suggests that climate technologies that are already mature could deliver 60 percent of the emissions reduction needed to stabilize the climate by 2050. Further abatement must come from climate technologies that aren’t quite ready, including 25 to 30 percent from technologies that are demonstrated but not yet mature.Five technology groups are identified - in order of potential: Electrification, Agriculture, Power Grids, Transport and Carbon Capture (having the lowest potential) - that could attract $2trillion/year investment by 2025. So we have most of the tools already! Now we need the will...https://www.mckinsey.

Thinking of helping organizations committed to organic farming? If you want  to create a  date for Valentine's Day, look no farther. Last year, New Hampshire offered  a 15 minute date package with a cow for consumers on Zoom as a way to donate to an agricultural charity.The  proceeds from the dates that were in high demand were donated to Wolfe’s Neck, an organization committed to organic farming, innovative soil health research, and future farmers. The company also helps local dairy producers by providing access to research grants.

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Online gaming is increasingly being played by kids - but its also a means where cyberbullying and harassment can happen too.This US-based pre-seed startup is helping children enjoy online gaming while making sure that they are safe.Using AI techniques and offering parents/ educators alerts for suspected activity/ behaviour, Kidas monitors  the child's online gaming experience silently in the background.https://www.kidas.net/games-kidas-monitorsimage credit: Pixabay

The effective use of heat pumps for high temperature industrial processes, such as drying in brick making, has been advancing well thanks to a 13 party consortium in Europe called DryFiciency. By working through the challenges of lubricants, refrigerants, compressors and many other aspects of high-temp industrial processes, DryFiciency's pilot projects have; saved 80% of energy used in industrial drying processes, reduced CO2  emissions by up to 75% and reduced the cost of production up to 20%/kg product. https://youtu.be/tvtnUKl2GHQ