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🌊 Witness Innovation in Action! 🌊 Exciting times ahead as I share our video from the recent OHUB Climate Tech Bootcamp #DemoDay powered by Greater New Orleans, Inc. – GNO, Inc.! 📽️✨ I took to the founder stage for the first time to present REEFBUDS©, the revolutionary carbon-negative underwater concrete that promises to redefine coastal protection and marine ecosystem restoration. 🌍💧 Imagine a world where marine life thrives, ecosystems regenerate faster than ever, and we combat the threats of climate change with cutting-edge technology. REEFBUDS© is not just a dream; it’s a reality that's making waves! 🌊🐠 But that’s not all! In time, our proposed real-time subsea data collection will offer unprecedented #AI insights and predictive analytics to ensure the health and sustainability of marine ecosystems. 📊🤖 🎬 Watch the video now and see the future of marine conservation unfold! 👍 Like if you believe in the power of biomimetic innovation. 🔁 Share to spread the word about this game-changing technology. 💬 Comment with your thoughts and let's start a conversation about sustainable solutions! Together, we can make a significant impact and protect our planet for future generations. 🌍💚 #Biomimicry #Innovation #ClimateTech #Sustainability #MarineConservation #CoastalProtection #REEFBUDS #OHUBDemoDay #GreenTech #EcoFriendly #FutureOfOurPlanet #TechForGood

This is a superb vid, well researched and presented.

Dean Kamen is a BADASS in my book for bringing the first self-balancing local vehicle to market, the first ever consumer vehicle using fly-by-wire steering. Most would not have had the intelligence nor the courage to do this! 20 years ago (this Tuesday) Dean came to my GOING Conference in Boulder, and gave the best speech I'm confident he has ever given on Segway + Small Mobility. Segway was already having challenges, and you can hear it in his tone, but I LOVE THIS TALK of his. I get we are all hustling for what's around the corner, and why listen to a 20 year old talk, and most think the Segway failed. Well, since most in EV development continue to create cars that drive about 75% EMPTY - we still have a lot of progress to make, and there is a lot to learn from this vintage Dean Kamen talk imo. https://lnkd.in/gs6ShFgc Doug Field Robb Bush Doug Frasher Geoff Wardle Drew Takahashi Susan Shaheen Dan Sperling John Norquist Susan S. Szenasy #Segway #micromobility #mobility #maas #cities #transportation #rightsize #sustainability #equity #efficiency

Here is one for my Adelaide connections that believe in WHS practice/public policy based on science as opposed to fad/marketing.

In my opinion, Micromouse competitions represent a perfect nexus of engineering challenges. Over the past four decades, these events have featured a series of increasingly complex mazes, pushing engineers to explore and innovate in pathfinding techniques and micromouse optimizations, often as passionate hobbyists. With every challenge comes a wave of innovation, and nothing fuels creativity quite like friendly competition. From pioneering techniques—like executing a smooth corner turn—to mastering the navigation of diagonal corridors in straight lines, engineers have continuously sought improvement at every junction. As interest in machine learning surges, we may soon witness groundbreaking techniques that have yet to be imagined. The future of micromouse competitions is bright, and the possibilities are endless! https://lnkd.in/emY8DG6i

𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝟮-𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸-𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁-𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 This is the topic of my talk held during the last 6𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘍𝘖𝘈𝘔 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, co-organized by Internal Combustion Engine Group, Politecnico di Milano and Simulation of reactive Thermo-Fluid Systems (STFS), TU Darmstadt in #Milano a few weeks ago. Now, I’m 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤: https://lnkd.in/dxH59gdy. 📽 🎤 🎯 I discuss some preliminary results on different light-duty engine architectures, showing the promising capabilities of the approaches developed at Internal Combustion Engine Group, Politecnico di Milano to model #DI and #PFI #H2_ICEs. This is only the starting point! 🚀 Stay tuned for many new advancements… 📡

I've experienced high-pressure demos, but nothing quite like this! They conquered Everest, bringing along a plethora of technology and even the CEO. Now, that's one hell of an applications support day! 🌐 Watch the adventure unfold here: https://lnkd.in/d_4yKKVn #Everest #CEO #Technology #ApplicationsSupport #InspirationalJourney

🚀 Breaking News 🚀 In just a few hours, our CEO, Robert Masse, will be giving a talk on "Advancing DoD Battery Maintenance and Sustainment with Predictive Analytics" at the Defense Power and Energy Conference in St. Louis. 🕒 Time: 3:45 pm CT 📍 Location: The Hyatt Regency St. Louis Arch | Regency AB Don't miss this opportunity to learn how predictive analytics is changing battery maintenance and sustainability. Don't miss it! #DefenseEnergy #PredictiveAnalytics #BatteryMaintenance #Sustainability #AstrolabeAnalytics

The Problem Current #lithiumion batteries can take several hours to recharge, and even the fast-charging of EVs takes over 30 minutes. With consumers seeing long charging times as a barrier to purchase, the need for faster charging and higher power batteries has never been greater. The Challenge The founders of #Nyobolt Ltd, including Prof Clare Grey, #UniversityofCambridge and Principal Investigator of the #FaradayInstitution project on extending battery life, discovered and developed a new #niobium-based anode material with unparalleled fast charge and high-power capability that could solve such problems. The company founded in 2019 has embarked on the journey to fully commercialise its technology. Typically, new battery material discoveries are demonstrated in the laboratory using small coin cells but, whilst these can point towards future potential and help understand the underlying properties, demonstration in industrially relevant cells is essential. With this transition to larger and more representative cells comes challenges in both the quantities of reliable, consistent materials needed and in the development and manufacture of #prototype devices. In these cells, challenges lie in adapting conventional electrode and cell design to the additional demands necessitated by higher currents, cell heating and novel operating conditions. Such challenges must be overcome for these cells to fulfil their promise of a step change in fast charging and the whole new class of applications that capability can create. Through the Faraday Institution Industry Fellowship that began in 2019, Dr Alex Roberts of Coventry University’s Cell Prototyping Laboratory has worked closely with the Nyobolt team to help deliver the transition from small lab cell to full prototype demonstrator cells. The prototyping and high-power testing facilities as well as experience available at #Coventry, combined with the expertise and experience in cell development in both Nyobolt and Coventry, have resulted in a rapid progression to industrial pouch and cylindrical cell builds. This has demonstrated the potential of Nyobolt’s materials in commercially relevant cells. The ongoing collaboration is enabling initial prototypes to be further developed and tailored to specific applications to meet future customers’ needs. The prototype devices developed under this programme were essential to demonstrate the potential of Nyobolt’s technology and, in so doing, helped secure a £8m Series A investment for Nyobolt early in 2021. This investment helps to ensure the continued future growth of Nyobolt, to build battery technology leadership in the #UK and to enhance the battery supply chain in the UK. 🔻🔻🔻 Click/tap image below to see video on YouTube 🔻🔻🔻

Here is a quick demo of my capstone Eastern Oregon University's Spring Symposium!