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AgTech

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Up for the Challenge - Automatoes
Take a look inside the winning team in the Autonomous Greenhouse Project.  The Challenge to grow a crop of tomatoes in a small greenhouse in Wageningen University without ever setting foot inside it (except for some crop maintenance). The winning team convinced the grower that AI could make a difference particularly in water consumption and production outcomes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYLQwzg9gTs&feature=emb_title
10 June 2020 by Lou Conway

Industrial

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Seaweed tyres to reduce ocean pollution
To celebrate World Oceans Day in June the CSIRO sought ideas from the public on the future science and technology needed to sustain our oceans. Congratulations Jessica Leitmanis from Victoria for winning with your idea:Create rubber from seaweed that can be used to replace synthetic rubber components of car tyres. It addresses marine plastic pollution from tyre dust and promotes healthy oceans through kelp farm ecosystems whilst drawing down carbon… reducing climate related impacts on ocean life.https://blog.csiro.au/treading-water-putting-seaweed-tyres-on-the-road/
9 June 2020 by IdeaSpies

Governance

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Australian Democracy
There are only 20 countries (4.5% of the world’s population), including Australia, that are considered ‘full democracies’ by the Economist Intelligence Unit 2018 Index. Liberal democracy is built on a core philosophy that calls for a guarantee of the rights of the individual. These include freedom from arbitrary authority, freedom of religion, the right to own and exchange private property, rights to equal opportunity in healthcare, education and employment, and rights to political participation and representation. In today’s troubled world we need to protect and strengthen our democracy or it will decay and individual rights will be lost.
7 June 2020 by Glenn Barnes

Energy

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Delivering energy independence to regional communities
Ditching diesel in remote indigenous communities; powering dairy farms with manure; powering regional industry with commercial mic
7 June 2020 by Kylie Hargrea...

Energy

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Shell plans large-scale, wind-powered hydrogen plant in Port of Rotterdam
Expected to go into operation by 2023, the green hydrogen plant will produce about 50,000-60,000kg of hydrogen per day and have a
7 June 2020 by Kylie Hargrea...

COVID-19

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Our Economic Recovery Plans should include a role for our Oceans
If the ocean were a nation, it would rank as the 7th largest economy in the world. This World Economic Forum article explores 8 wa
7 June 2020 by Kylie Hargrea...