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💡 Warp News Manifesto
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A mission statement and the future we want to come sooner.
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Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🦑 Cyprus, Greece, and Israel run a common power cable under the depths of the sea.
A major EU project supports an electricity connection between the three countries, letting Cyprus in from its energy isolation.
🚀 The hotel of the future is in space – and has artificial gravity.
The organization Orbital Assembly Corporation wants to change the space industry by building the first commercial space station with artificial gravity.
✂ Crispr will save our bananas.
A disease threatens to eradicate the only banana variety we eat today, but with Crispr technology, researchers can make bananas resistant.
♻️ Massive popular support for world governments to do more to protect the environment.
Over 90 percent of the population in some of the world’s most populous countries want governments to work more actively to protect animals and nature.
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🐝 More bees cause fewer forest fires in the rainforest.
By giving the local population knowledge and equipment to become beekeepers, it is possible to get rid of swidden farming and reduce the number of forest fires.
🌍 NASA: The Earth is greener now than it was 20 years ago.
The Earth has become five percent greener in 20 years. In total, the increase in leaf area over the past two decades corresponds to an area as large as the Amazon rainforests.
👂 3D map for the inner ear can provide better treatment of hearing damage.
By adapting cochlear implants to each person’s cochlea, we can get more effective treatment of severe hearing damage.
👂AI listening device helps rangers deal with illegal logging.
The conservationists and rangers of the Sumatran rainforest, home to a very unique ecosystem, have got a nifty helper – AI listening devices.
💨 Air purifier instead of face mask – UV light removes 99% of viruses and bacteria in the air.
UV lighting purifies the air we breathe in, through a portable air purifier – a “wearable”.
🔎 App and “headband” should give a more focused brain.
A neurofeedback system that everyone can use on their own will help people feel calmer and more focused.
🦅 Smart camera system saves endangered birds from wind turbines deaths.
A camera system saves endangered birds by stopping the wind turbines before the birds hit them – leading to an 82% drop in fatalities.
