Indeed, food, climate, and cleantech are coalescing as more power brokers become aware of the role that agriculture has to play in reducing food and climate impacts on greenhouse gas emissions.\nHere are some stories to start the 2023 year about new ways of growing food, acknowledging the role of food workers, unpacking the importance of blue food systems, and revitalizing urban communities with food independence.\nAgri-Tech Challenge Announces WinnersThe Food Tech Challenge brought together food entrepreneurs and innovators from all over the world to submit ideas about changing food systems in the UAE.\nRecognizing the Importance of Blue Food SystemsStorytelling and the stories we tell can have real impact in the world and are unalterably connected to food and climate, argues Danielle Nierenberg of the Food Tank.\nTo exemplify the point, she zooms in on blue food systems, which encompass aquaculture, aquatic plants, fisheries, and ocean farming.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Apple Reportedly Filed Patents for Adjustable Tinted Windows for Semi and Fully Autonomous Vehicles","slug":"apple-reportedly-filed-patents-for-adjustable-tinted-windows-for-semi-and-fully-autonomous-vehicles","publishDate":"2023-01-31 03:57:28-05:00","createdLocal":"2023-01-31 14:30:54.509402","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"As tech aficionados patiently wait for the official reveal of the Apple Car, new details have emerged regarding patents and trademarks filed.\nMost recently, Patently Apple reported that Apple has filed two new patents for its secretive Project Titan, relating to “adjustable tinting windows.” Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published patent applications from Apple that are specifically related to adjustable exterior lighting systems for future semi and fully autonomous vehicles.\nAccording to the patent, Apple is seeking adjustable windows that may feature adjustable layers including for tinting, reflectivity or even haze.\nWith the ability to adjust window tinting, it gives the passengers the ability to modify their level of privacy in various degrees of enhancement.\nIn one of Apple’s first patent applications for this, it filed nine patent claims regarding a “Guest-Host Liquid Crystal Device” which appears to correlate with the adjustable reflectivity for windows and mirrors.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Self-Driving Tech Company Waymo Cuts Jobs","slug":"self-driving-tech-company-waymo-cuts-jobs","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-01-31 14:30:54.383337","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Waymo is the latest self-driving tech company to lay off staff.\nIt’s understood a limited number of employees were let go earlier this week, following significant job cuts at parent company Alphabet, owner of Google.\nIn October, Ford and Volkswagen ended their funding for Pittsburgh-based driverless tech company Argo AI, causing the closure of the start-up.\nAnd at the end of 2022, there were significant layoffs at autonomous trucking company TuSimple.\nWhile there is no suggestion whatsoever that the situation at Waymo is anywhere quite so stark, the job cuts reflect the expensive reality of developing driverless transport.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"The Year of AI Breakthroughs 2022","slug":"the-year-of-ai-breakthroughs-2022","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-01-31 14:30:53.542781","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Louis Bouchard has compiled a great list of research papers covering AI breakthroughs that were published during last year.\nI first reported on What's AI, as Loius Bouchard is also known, with his curated list of AI research papers for 2021 and it is good to see he has continued with his mission to explain artificial intelligence in simple terms and share the new research state and applications for everyone.\nHierarchical Text-Conditional Image Generation with CLIP LatentsOpenAI's new model DALL·E 2 is amazing.\nMyStyle: A Personalized Generative PriorThis new model by Google Research and Tel-Aviv University is incredible.\nGalactica: A Large Language Model for ScienceGalactica is a large language model with a size comparable to GPT-3, but specialized on scientific knowledge.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"EVs, Connected Cars, Digitization, Chinese Brands: 5 Articles on the Automotive Industry","slug":"evs-connected-cars-digitization-chinese-brands-5-articles-on-the-automotive-industry","publishDate":"2023-01-31 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-01-31 14:30:53.454654","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The automotive industry is undergoing a major transformation as electric cars, connected cars, and digitization become increasingly prevalent.\nElectric cars, which are powered by batteries rather than fossil fuels, are becoming more popular as concerns about climate change and air pollution grow.\nDigitization is also playing a major role in the car industry as automakers are using digital technologies (digital twins, artificial intelligence) to design more efficient and reliable cars.\nDigitizationHow Digitization is Changing the Way to Manufacture Cars (iStock)The car industry is experiencing significant transformations in manufacturing and has been gradually evolving for many years.\nThe driving force behind the implementation of Industry 4.0 is primarily coming from electric vehicle startups.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"California Driverless Truck Regulations Face Union Resistance","slug":"california-driverless-truck-regulations-face-union-resistance","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-01-31 14:30:53.208018","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"High-tech autonomous vehicle companies and the nation’s oldest union for professional drivers will clash in California this year as the state considers lifting a prohibition on testing heavy-duty driverless trucks.\nThe state’s Department of Motor Vehicles is preparing draft regulations on driverless long-haul trucks, box trucks, and other large, heavy vehicles.\nA 2012 California law mandated that the agency start regulating the testing and use of autonomous vehicles on public roadways.\nCompanies in the state have been at the forefront of promoting such technology that would radically revamp vehicle transportation in the US.\nCalifornia lawmakers, backed by the state’s Teamsters ...
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"The autonomous vehicle timeline","slug":"the-autonomous-vehicle-timeline","publishDate":"2023-01-31 10:01:43+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-01-31 14:30:53.049209","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The headlines from five years ago promised wild and wonderful developments on the self-driving front.\nRemember when GM was to launch a widespread public ride-share fleet of fully autonomous cars by 2019?\nA hefty dose of reality soon sent players back-peddling as it became apparently just how hard it was to perfect a vehicle that could drive in all conditions, everywhere.\nAutomotive World takes a closer look at some of them, as well as an update on the projected timelines for more ambitious visions.\nIn this report:‘Special report: The autonomous vehicle timeline’ presents insight from:
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