- What if AI art tools paid artists? Exploring a YouTube-like model where both tools and artists can mutually benefit and succeed. https://year2049.substack.com/p/what-if-ai-tools-paid-artists 7 comments futurology
- Lab-grown meat is a promising alternative to traditional meat production, but it still relies on Fetal Bovine Serum, which is derived from the blood of cow fetuses. Potential solutions to this include using magnets to turn stem cells into tissue, gene-editing, and developing synthetic alternatives. https://year2049.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-lab-grown-meat 28 comments futurology
- The truth about hydrogen fuel and how it can still play a unique role in decarbonization https://year2049.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-hydrogen-fuel 15 comments futurology
- The solar-powered Aptera EV can charge up to 60km/40mi per day in ideal conditions. The shark-inspired design allows it to use 2.5x less energy than a standard Tesla Model 3. Aptera is finally set to start delivering its vehicles after 10+ years of R&D. https://year2049.substack.com/p/aptera-solar-powered-electric-vehicle 58 comments futurology
- Kraft Heinz announces a joint venture with food tech startup NotCo to develop plant-based alternatives for its products. NotCo's AI platform is capable of replicating animal products using plants alone. Their milk uses 74% less energy, 92% less water, and generates 74% less CO2 than regular milk. https://year2049.substack.com/p/3-problems-the-food-industry-is-facing 91 comments futurology
- Green hydrogen is on track to achieve price parity with blue hydrogen by 2030, which will help decarbonize industries where direct electrification isn't feasible. Hydrogen could satisfy 10% of the world's energy needs by 2050 according to the IEA. https://year2049.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-hydrogen-fuel 31 comments futurology
- Blue hydrogen's methane emissions are a problem, but green hydrogen is set to achieve price parity by 2030. The IRA includes a $3/kg tax credit for green hydrogen production. Six African countries are partnering up to accelerate green H production. Canada + Germany have also inked a green H deal. https://year2049.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-hydrogen-fuel 6 comments futurology
- The Lunar Gold Rush: the Moon is a treasure chest of natural resources but its harsh and dangerous environment will put humans at extreme risk. https://year2049.substack.com/p/the-lunar-gold-rush 115 comments futurology
- Synchron, the company behind the first human BCI implant in the US, uses an endovascular system that records brain signals from within the blood vessels, as opposed to the scalp or the brain's surface. The surgery required is similar to installing a pacemaker and doesn't require open brain surgery. https://year2049.substack.com/p/-brain-computer-interfaces 7 comments futurology
- Behind the James Webb Space Telescope’s breathtaking images is a quest to accomplish 4 goals: 1) study the early universe, 2) study how galaxies form and evolve over time, 3) study how stars and planetary systems form, 4) measure the chemical + physical properties of planets and exoplanets https://year2049.substack.com/p/-the-james-webb-space-telescope 11 comments futurology
- Upward Farm is building the largest vertical farm in the world (250,000-sqft) which will conserve 100+ million gallons of water and 120+ acres of land yearly, and eliminate 1.7 million food transportation miles per year according to the company. The aquaponic farm will start operating in 2023. https://year2049.substack.com/p/vertical-farming- 176 comments futurology
- AMP Robotics is helping material recovery facilities automate and optimize their recycling operations using AI. Their technology can identify different types of plastic, paper, metals, construction materials, and electronics with up to 99% accuracy. https://year2049.substack.com/p/amp-robotics- 5 comments futurology
- The biotech startup Living Carbon is creating photosynthesis-enhanced trees that store more carbon using gene editing. In its first lab experiment, its enhanced poplar trees grew 53% more biomass and minimized photorespiration compared to regular poplars. https://year2049.substack.com/p/living-carbon-?s=w 520 comments futurology
- Apple, Google, and Microsoft agree to adopt the new "Passkey" standard to accelerate the transition into a passwordless world. https://year2049.substack.com/p/-the-end-of-passwords?s=w 308 comments futurology
- Elon Musk says Tesla Bot will be "bigger than the car". But does creating humanoid robots have the same urgency as electrifying all our vehicles? https://year2049.substack.com/p/tesla-bot-elon-musk?s=w 5 comments futurology
- Vaccines and gene-edited mosquitoes can help cut down malaria deaths by 75% by 2030 according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This would avert almost 20 million deaths by 2050. https://year2049.substack.com/p/malaria-solutions-gene-editing-vaccines?s=w 344 comments futurology
- OpenAI’s DALL·E 2 is a significant advancement in AI-generated images but the research lab says that there are still many risks and limitations to overcome. https://year2049.substack.com/p/open-ai-dall-e-2?s=w 14 comments futurology
- Commonwealth Fusion breaks the magnetic field strength record by creating a 20-tesla magnetic field, almost twice as strong as ITER's at 13 tesla. Achieving a high magnetic field strength is a key step toward developing a sustained fusion reactor to give us unlimited clean energy. https://year2049.substack.com/p/fusion-power-?s=w 767 comments futurology
- France ends subsidies for gas-powered heaters and increases subsidies for heat pumps and 1,000 euros in an effort to reduce reliance on Russian gas while curbing emissions. https://year2049.substack.com/p/heat-pumps-?s=w 7 comments climate
- Zipline's medical delivery drones have helped reduce blood wastage by 67% in Rwanda and have delivered 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in Ghana. The company is expanding to Nigeria and Japan this year. https://year2049.substack.com/p/zipline-medical-delivery-drones-?s=w 11 comments futurology
- France ends subsidies for gas-powered heaters and increases subsidies for heat pumps and 1,000 euros in an effort to reduce reliance on Russian gas while curbing emissions. https://year2049.substack.com/p/heat-pumps-?s=w 136 comments futurology
- Simbe Robotics granted a patent that enables its autonomous robot Tally to characterize ripeness, bruising, and spoilage for fresh produce, which could lead to reductions in food waste. (Stat: 50% of all fruits and vegetables produced globally go to waste each year according to the UN) https://year2049.substack.com/p/tally-the-store-master-?s=w 25 comments futurology
- Atom Limbs is commercializing the first neurally-controlled prosthetic arm which is set to be released in 2023. The Atom Touch uses a combination of 200 sensors and AI to translate nerve signals into movements in realtime. https://year2049.substack.com/p/atom-limbs-?s=w 13 comments futurology
- Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology can help reduce overall power grid costs by £885 million ($1.2 bn) per year. Commercializing more vehicles with V2G capability will completely change the way we store and supply energy while helping us cut emissions significantly. https://year2049.substack.com/p/bidirectional-charging-?s=w 146 comments futurology
- Colossal Biosciences wants to use CRISPR gene editing to recreate the woolly mammoth using the Asian elephant genome https://year2049.substack.com/p/colossal-crispr-mammoth-de-extinction?s=w 28 comments futurology
- The 6 Levels of Driving Automation, simply explained 🚗 https://year2049.substack.com/p/6-levels-of-autonomous-driving-simply-explained 13 comments futurology
- NASA report counts millions of space debris in low Earth orbit and companies like ClearSpace and Astroscale are trying to clean it up. https://year2049.substack.com/p/space-junk-clearspace-astroscale-privateer-nasa 38 comments futurology
- Solar geoengineering doesn't address the root causes of climate change and I hope we never have to use it. https://year2049.substack.com/p/solar-geoengineering 32 comments futurology
- Solar geoengineering isn’t a long-term solution and doesn’t address the root causes of climate change. The real problem is the increase in emissions, not the Sun. https://year2049.substack.com/p/solar-geoengineering 4 comments futurology
- Chile-based startup NotCo has created an AI model to create plant-based recipes for animal-based products. NotCo also has a team of chefs, scientists, and sensory experts who help perfect those recipes. https://year2049.substack.com/p/episode-3-chef-giuseppe- 40 comments futurology
- Miso Robotics is set to release three automation solutions for fast food restaurants this year , including a robotic kitchen assistant and an autonomous beverage dispenser https://year2049.substack.com/p/miso-robotics-fast-food-automation 141 comments futurology
- Ossiform is creating 3D-printed bone implants composed of the same dominant mineral in our bones. Animal trials and laboratory tests have been promising and clinical trials are planned for 2022. https://year2049.substack.com/p/ossiform-particle3d-creates-3d-bone-implants 26 comments futurology
- Meet the company creating patient-specific 3D-printed bone implants https://year2049.substack.com/p/ossiform-particle3d-creates-3d-bone-implants 4 comments futurology
- Why farming desperately needs automation https://year2049.substack.com/p/episode-13-autonomous-farming 33 comments futurology
- AI creates a unique design for a food container and becomes the first non-human inventor to hold a patent https://year2049.substack.com/p/episode-11-the-inventor 21 comments futurology
- Out of 90 scenarios considered by the IPCC to keep warming under 1.5ºC, 88 assumed some level of "net-negative" emissions. Carbon capture is expensive but can help us achieve our climate goals with enough funding (along with many other solutions). https://year2049.substack.com/p/carbon-capture-future 338 comments futurology
- In what use cases do you see eVTOLs primarily being used? https://year2049.substack.com/p/episode-8-what-are-evtols- 11 comments futurology
- Is CRISPR one of the historic discoveries that will change humanity for the rest of its existence like fire and electricity did? https://year2049.substack.com/p/episode-6-bad-news-good-news- 107 comments futurology
- Smart device makers announced “Matter”, a unifying standard that will allow devices from 200+ companies (including Amazon, Apple, and Google) to integrate together seamlessly. (5 minute read) https://year2049.substack.com/p/episode-5-whats-the-matter- 12 comments futurology
- I’m making weekly comics about our life in the future based on real stories, discussing the pros and cons, without using any fluff or jargon. I posted my first one today! https://year2049.substack.com/p/episode-1-its-a-bird-its-a-plane 4 comments futurology