The brainchild of seventeen-year-old Anika Puri, ElSa (short for Elephant Savior) is a tool that analyses thermal videos, trying to find elephant poachers in real-time. After seeing how differently elephants and humans moved, she realised that we might be better off analysing their movements rather than the video’s visuals; the thermal video is analysed by AI that’s been trained to differentiate between elephant and human movement. Thanks to this, ElSa can use a low-resolution thermal camera that hooks up to an iPhone 6 mounted to a drone. Read full article here
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The First Solar-Powered Car Comes at a Hot Price
The Lightyear O is a revolutionary electric car powered by the sun. Developed by a Dutch startup, the four-door sedan has over 50 square feet of solar panels on its roof and hood, generating up to 43 miles of energy a day. With production now underway in Finland, the car does come with a hefty price tag at $262,000, but the company hopes to introduce a more affordable version, the Lightyear 2, by 2025. Read full article here
Merv
January 27, 2023
