Each and every country is getting trouble due to covid and we still don't have a device to scan the virus from outside the body. So, we have to make a device which can easily scan the virus from a distance of up to 1.5 metres. If we can do this we will be able to track people between countries so we won't need to worry as much about quarantine for 14 days.
Recently funded US startup WellSaid Labs ($10M series A in July) has been spun out of the research NFP Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence. They create life-like synthetic voices, from the voices of real people - great for corporate videos and more.https://wellsaidlabs.com/features/studioImage by CSTRSK from Pixabay
GitHub and OpenAI (Microsoft's latest investment) has released Copilot - an AI tool that works with coders/ developers/ programmers on the same project to speed up the development process. https://copilot.github.com/
Image credit: Defence-Imagery from Pixabay
Another option to reduce transport emissions: connecting electric trucks to overhead power lines on electrified
highways. Australia's transport emission reduction is being neglected. So why not start with the most energy-efficient route to zero-emission road
freight. The technology is being tested in Germany and Sweden. This article suggests the biggest hurdle to
large-scale rollout is the initial infrastructure. In Australia currently the biggest hurdle is an absence of government policy:investmenthttps://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/electric-highways-offer-most-efficient-path-decarbonise-trucksAlso hear Prof Lachlan Blackhall on Australia's energy security issues Tues 10th August 6pm:
