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- Japanese startup Bisu bags $3M seed funding to launch home health labIn The Future of Health·December 8, 2021"Its seed funding will be used to formally bring into market its portable "home health lab" called Bisu Body Coach. The device provides personalised nutrition and lifestyle advice through urine and saliva testing. Bisu Body Coach consists of a disposable test stick and a reader, which syncs with a companion smartphone app. The test stick is based on a "lab-on-chip" or microfluidic technology and delivers findings within two minutes. " Source: https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/asia/japanese-startup-bisu-bags-3m-seed-funding-launch-home-health-lab #PersonalTreatment #PersonalizedMedicine #Telehealth005
- Why Bhutan is the only carbon-negative country in the worldIn Climate & Geoengineering·December 8, 2021"Fog-enshrouded temples nestled in mountainous terrain give you a glimpse of what makes Bhutan a top-travel destination. But this country has an added bonus: it’s a carbon-negative country, and was the first to carry a carbon-negative status in the world. Despite its appeal, not many people travel to Bhutan. This is because the government of Bhutan has put steps in place to prevent massive amounts of tourists from entering the country at any given time." Source: https://www.gvi.co.uk/blog/bhutan-the-first-carbon-negative-country-in-the-world/ #Bhutan #CarbonNegative #ClimatePositive0011
- Coldplays next tour will partly be powered by fans jumping up and downIn Lifestyles and the Environment·December 8, 2021"Coldplay's next tour will partly be powered by a dancefloor that generates electricity when fans jump up and down, and pedal power at the venues. The concerts will use electricity from batteries fuelled by fan power as well as solar energy, recycled cooking oil from local restaurants and mains power from 100% renewable sources where available, like in Costa Rica. It's part of a 12-point plan to cut their carbon footprint, two years after the band pledged not to tour until they could do so in a more sustainable way." Source: https://gagadaily.com/forums/topic/371367-coldplays-next-tour-will-partly-be-powered-by-fans-jumping-up-and-down/ #Concerts #SolarEnergy #SustainableEvents #PedalPower004
- Earthworms are more important than pandas (if you want to save the planet)In Lifestyles and the Environment·December 7, 2021"Not all wildlife is created equal in our eyes. Take the earthworm, which doesn’t have the widespread appeal of larger, more charismatic animals such as gorillas, tigers, or pandas. Worms are never going to get a strong “cute response”, and they won’t ever be the face of a conservation campaign." Source: https://theconversation.com/earthworms-are-more-important-than-pandas-if-you-want-to-save-the-planet-74010 #EarthWorms #SoilQuality002
- Women in tech are fighting A.I. bias—but where are the men?In General AI·December 8, 2021"Bias in A.I. is a critical issue—but it cant just be women and people of color who care about it." Source: https://fortune.com/2021/11/10/ai-bias-research-women-tech-men/ #AI #AIBias #ArtificialIntelligenceBias #Bias #Feminism003
- Wealth from waste – three ways pollution can be turned into something usefulIn Climate & Geoengineering·December 8, 2021"Water pollution Wastewater – what we all flush away from our homes, offices and elsewhere – contains toxins and organic pollutants that treatment facilities remove before they can reach natural water systems like rivers and the ocean. However, researchers are trying to recover and turn this organic matter into something useful. Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential soil nutrients that are found in wastewater which could be returned to farm fields as fertilisers." Source: https://theconversation.com/wealth-from-waste-three-ways-pollution-can-be-turned-into-something-useful-114448 #WealthFromWaste #Pollution003
- Cancer immunotherapy using checkpoint blockadeIn The Future of Health·December 8, 2021"The release of negative regulators of immune activation (immune checkpoints) that limit antitumor responses has resulted in unprecedented rates of long-lasting tumor responses in patients with a variety of cancers. This can be achieved by antibodies blocking the cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) or the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) pathway, either alone or in combination. The main premise for inducing an immune response is the preexistence of antitumor T cells that were limited by specific immune checkpoints. Most patients who have tumor responses maintain long-lasting disease control, yet one-third of patients relapse. Mechanisms of acquired resistance are currently poorly understood, but evidence points to alterations that converge on the antigen presentation and interferon-γ signaling pathways. New-generation combinatorial therapies may overcome resistance mechanisms to immune checkpoint therapy." Source: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aar4060 #immunotherapy #cancer004
- Genome editing cures mice of HIV infectionIn The Future of Health·December 8, 2021"For the first time, US researchers have used a combination of genome editing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) to eliminate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from mice. The study combines CRISPR/Cas9 technology which was used to remove viral DNA from the infected mice with a therapy that reduces the overall presence of HIV in the animal tissues, resulting in one-third of mice to be completely virus-free upon treatment." Source: https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_143705 #CRISPR #GenomeEditing #HIV004
- Massachusetts on the verge of becoming first state to ban police use of facial recognitionIn General AI·December 8, 2021"Massachusetts lawmakers this week voted to ban the use of facial recognition by law enforcement and public agencies in a sweeping police reform bill that received significant bipartisan support. If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the first state to fully ban the technology, following bans barring the use of facial recognition in police body cameras and other, more limited city-specific bans on the tech." Source: https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/2/22094902/massachusetts-facial-recognition-ban-bill-vote-passed-police-reform #FacialRecognition #ArtificialIntelligence002
- The new standard in streaming -Earth definitionIn Towards a Global Science ·January 14, 2022"Streaming high definition videos on your phone generates approximately four times more emissions into the atmosphere than necessary. The down-to-earth solution? You know it as standard definition. We call it Earth Definition. A greener, much needed alternative to HD that lets you stream responsibly." Source: https://www.earthdefinition.org008
- LEAK: EU strategy seeks to remove carbon from atmosphereIn Climate & Geoengineering·December 8, 2021"The European Commission will reward green farming practices like afforestation and soil conservation while putting rules to identify activities that “unambiguously remove carbon from the atmosphere” under draft proposals seen by EURACTIV. A draft EU carbon strategy, first obtained by French news site Contexte, aims to contribute towards the EU’s climate effort by removing CO2 from the atmosphere and “pave the way for a policy of negative emissions in the future”. Source: https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/leak-eu-strategy-seeks-to-remove-carbon-from-atmosphere/ #RemoveCarbon #Atmosphere001
- Are offices still necessary in todays global working world and WFH?In Smart Spaces·December 8, 2021"Up until the 21st century, people sat side-by-side or back-to-back as telemarketers, typists, word processors, file clerks, and more. Give or take a family photo, cubicles were designed to be a carbon copy of the next person’s work space where workers would complete the same (oftentimes) monotonous jobs. Even in some outdoor work, such as toll workers, one booth worker collected the same dollar bill as the next one. The only difference in their days were the cars that drove by. Around the ‘80s, Corporate America’s advancement in technology and communication began to blossom. Cloud-computing software took on the duties of printouts in file cabinets. Email, texting, and social media took tasks away from the mailroom. Desktop computers with the Commodore 64 metamorphosed into notebooks, laptops, and tablets. And online faxing cleared real estate in the supply rooms away from 4- to 5-foot fax machines." Source: https://www.saybrook.edu/unbound/the-obsolete-office/ #office #PhysicalOffice003
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