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by htnsao 6y ago
A copycat started in 2013. Their Cocoon does not capture rainwater so is much less effective. Groasis invented the concept in 2003. [0] [0] https://www.groasis.com/en/products/the-development-of-the-p...
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by htnsao 6y ago
You missed the part about only needing to fill it once.
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by htnsao 6y ago
There's a better way to do it.. Trees can be planted in deserts without irrigation using technology developed by a Dutch company called Groasis [0]. They have also recently come up with a new version of their Waterboxx that can use an
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One Trillion Trees
5 points by htnsao 6y ago|2 comments
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by htnsao 6y ago
Cool. You might also be interested in aeroponic grow towers [1] and using chitosan for plant protection [2]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroponics [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti
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by htnsao 6y ago
Boston Dynamics should make a monkey robot for this application.
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Childbirth in the Pandemic How Covid-19 Is Indirectly Killing Mothers and Babies(spiegel.de)
2 points by htnsao 6y ago|0 comments
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by htnsao 6y ago
Of course, currently. $5/yr could just be the targeted subsidized price. #deleteFacebook
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by htnsao 6y ago
Probably better to #deleteFacebook and give everyone access to their own Mastodon instance for ~$5/yr.
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by htnsao 6y ago
Just the usual pettiness.
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by htnsao 6y ago
<I wouldn't be surprised if when historians look back in 50 years, that they determine that the Pandora's box of free information interchange from the Internet hastened the end of free society.> Exactly. And they'll say
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by htnsao 6y ago
Funny I came across this same article earlier today while looking into a Flow-Based Programming framework for Elixir called Flowex. [1] [1] https://github.com/antonmi/flowex
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by htnsao 6y ago
Also, in case you don't know, "out of thin air" is an English idiom for "From nothing, as of something that has suddenly materialized. out of nowhere; out of nothing. ". [1] [1] https://idioms.thefreedic
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by htnsao 6y ago
They collect CO2 and water from air. The water is split via electrolysis to get hydrogen for the knallgas bacteria to feed on along with the CO2, minerals and ammonia. [1] There is a path for the ammonia to be directly source from the air a
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by htnsao 6y ago
They are using Knallgas bacteria. Here's a study that the CEO was part of: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221191241...
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by htnsao 6y ago
oops, fixed. Yes I originally copied the title then decided all caps was probably too much for HN.
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by htnsao 6y ago
> Police in Australia arrested a 28-year-old woman on Wednesday for publishing a Facebook post that promotes an anti-lockdown protest in the country’s state of Victoria. Footage of the arrest was captured by her partner and shows police
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Solar Foods closes Series A financing for its first commercial factory(solarfoods.fi)
68 points by htnsao 6y ago|59 comments
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by htnsao 6y ago
Yeah not sure why they mentioned quantum computing there without any supporting information. However given the rate of scientific progress in general I would say it's very likely to be achieved in the not-too-distant future, somewhere.
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by htnsao 6y ago
Within 5 years every machine, building and device may start the transition to self-charging nuclear diamond batteries with graphene super capacitors. [1] [2] [3] So these huge nuclear power plants may quickly become obsolete along with coal
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by htnsao 6y ago
Should be okay as you just fill it once then rainwater does the rest.
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by htnsao 6y ago
Pivot Bio [1] has genetically modified microbes to provide plants with the nitrogen they need without the excess greenhouse gases that synthetic alternatives produce.[2] [1] https://www.pivotbio.com/ [2] https://
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by htnsao 6y ago
The Groasis Waterboxx is a device designed to help in growing trees in dry areas. [1] It works by using a slow dripping wick to make a connection with the capillary water deep below for the roots to follow. [2] A cheaper biodegradable versi
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by htnsao 6y ago
Cloudron is awesome, thanks!
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by htnsao 6y ago
Masks have been mandatory where I'm at since March, along with full lockdown for months, and the virus is still making it's rounds. The president here is a laughing stock because he recently stated that everyone is going to get it
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by htnsao 6y ago
oh hey. Sure. I'll send you a note when I make some time.
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Making Yeast Produce Deer Milk and Egg Whites(youtu.be)
2 points by htnsao 6y ago|2 comments
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Covid-19 ‘not a death sentence’(interior-news.com)
1 points by htnsao 6y ago|0 comments
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by htnsao 6y ago
Yeah for most it's just a dry cough, if that. The worry worts and the pansies have wrecked the economy.
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by htnsao 6y ago
Buy cheap land in the rainy tropics that needs reforestation (~$500-$3000/ha), then plant trees. Labour at ~$15/day per worker is abundant and comes with much valuable local knowledge about the best trees etc. Interplanting the ha

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