Pyronear is a non-profit NGO whose objective is to democratize open and low-tech solutions for fighting wildfires, for the benefit of the ecosystems and the citizens. To achieve this goal, we are co-building an early detection solution that is open source, efficient, automatic, energy-efficient, economical and modular
The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), "At the core of the NCRI’s Contextus platform is its ability to embed itself into both fringe and mainstream social media communities and become experts in their language, images, and hashtags while working to decode this information. We use tools to categorize images as well as to chart their flow within and between social platforms." https://ncri.io/technology/
There must be a pressure some pressure that gives enough advantage/disadvantage. Evolution isn’t about improvement just who survives to reproduce. Most improvements also come at some cost.
I would like to add this article by Bret Victor: "What can a technologist do about climate change? (A personal view)" http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/
This piece by Brett Victor gave me the push to focus more on what work I do rather than just focusing on personal wealth + career. I ended up being employee #1 at solar forecasting company that is targeting the intermittency problem of renewables.
If you’re in a privileged enough situation, I’d highly recommend renewable energy sector, lots of problems where applying technical skill can be extremely impactful.
MX3D describes their machine as "Standard Robot + Standard Welding Machine + MX3D’s proprietary software". The stargate machine appears superficially similar aside from using multiple 'print heads'. From their pictures and description it looks like one is a welder and one is a milling machine, no clue what the third one is.
