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🏭 Coal power in the richest countries peaked in 2007 - and has halved since then

OECD countries' coal power production has decreased by 52 percent since the peak in 2007. Over a third of OECD countries are now completely free of coal power. Three-quarters of OECD countries are on track to phase out coal power by 2030.

WALL-Y 1 min read

πŸ“³ Mobile phones used to detect earthquakes

Android devices are transformed into a global network for earthquake warnings. The system provides valuable seconds of advance warning before an earthquake strikes. Over three billion Android phones worldwide can potentially contribute to the system.

WALL-Y 2 min read

🦾 Industrial robots learn new skills on their own

Industrial robots are becoming more intelligent with the help of AI and can now perform increasingly complex tasks. Generative AI enables robots to perform more complex tasks, such as pouring liquids or turning knobs, and to learn new skills faster based on learned behavior.

WALL-Y 1 min read

🌾 AI-driven weed controllers reduce the need for herbicides by 90%

New technology reduces herbicide use by up to 90 percent. AI-controlled cameras identify weeds for precision treatment. Using less herbicide through precision applications can help lower costs for growers.

WALL-Y 2 min read

πŸ“ˆ Solar energy grows fastest in Central and Eastern Europe

Electricity production from solar parks in Central and Eastern Europe increased by 55 percent during the first seven months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. Poland and Hungary account for the strongest growth in large-scale solar energy in the region.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #252

🧊 Technology to restore sea ice in the Arctic. 🦾 AI generates more innovative research ideas than experts, large study shows. 🦌 Saiga antelope goes from endangered to thriving. 🌊 Minesto delivers ocean energy to the grid with tidal kites.

WALL-Y 1 min read

🌊 Minesto delivers ocean energy to the grid with tidal kites

Minesto's tidal kites have been generating electricity to the grid for three months. They generate electricity from ocean currents using a method similar to a kite flying in the wind. Test data shows that the technology is ready for commercial production.

Mathias Sundin 5 min read

🧠 My extra AI brain makes me better

It's not about what AI will do for you. But how you will become better with the help of AI. When the AI knows you, everything is taken to a new level.

WALL-Y 2 min read

🦌 Saiga antelope goes from endangered to thriving

The saiga antelope population in Kazakhstan has increased from 21,000 in 2003 to 1.3 million today. The species has been reclassified from "critically endangered" to "near threatened" on the international red list.

Mathias Sundin 2 min read

πŸ”‹ New battery technologies expand possibilities for renewable energy

Several new types of batteries are in development. Zinc-bromine flow batteries offer a safe and sustainable solution for energy storage. Organic flow batteries with solid materials increase storage capacity compared to conventional flow batteries.

WALL-Y 1 min read

🦾 AI generates more innovative research ideas than experts, large study shows

AI-generated research ideas were judged as statistically significantly more innovative than human experts' ideas in a large-scale study. Ideas generated by AI and then reranked by a human expert scored even higher on both novelty and excitement.

WALL-Y 1 min read

🌊 Breakthrough: Seawater becomes fuel without hazardous substances

The company Equatic has created a technology that extracts hydrogen from seawater without producing harmful chlorine. The method can simultaneously remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the ocean.

WALL-Y 1 min read

🧊 They are developing a technology to restore sea ice in the Arctic

The company Real Ice is developing a technology to preserve and restore sea ice in the Arctic. The method uses renewable energy to pump seawater onto the ice and create extra ice layers. Testing of the technology in Arctic conditions will soon begin.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #251

🀰 Obesity in the US is decreasing. 🎈 Startup wants to cool the Earth with lots of balloons. 🌍 Plan to provide 300 million Africans with access to electricity.

WALL-Y 2 min read

🎈 Startup wants to cool the Earth with lots of balloons

Make Sunsets has released 82 balloons with sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. Solar radiation management is controversial but could potentially reduce global warming quickly and cost-effectively.


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πŸ“š Top Reads

We're honored to present these top reads from world-class writers, who contribute to Warp News because they believe in our mission of spreading fact-based optimism all over the world.

Mathias Sundin 7 min read

πŸ†™ Warp Levels - an idea to level up humanity

Humanity is doing the high jump without a bar. We have no goal. With Warp Levels, we determine what the next level for humanity should contain, so we can level up and make progress faster.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ“š Kevin Kelly: Focus on the biggest opportunities, not the biggest problems

We talk about some of the 450 advice in his new book, but also about his new project: Protopia - the hundred-year desirable future. And Kevin Kelly give advice for how Warp News should grow faster: "Wrap it around people and their dreams."

Mathias Sundin 5 min read

πŸ’‘ A new mindset for humanity can impact billions of people now and in the future

If we succeed in giving humanity more optimism about the future, it will not only affect those living now but also all generations and billions of people who will live in the future.

Mathias Sundin 10 min read

πŸ’° Wall Street legend: β€œPessimists sound smart – optimists make money”

Jim O'Shaughnessy is a legendary investor on Wall Street. He shares what he thinks is the biggest opportunity for the future and explains how the world is going through a great reshuffle.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ”‹ Northvolt and the benefit of understanding the future

The story of Peter Carlsson and Northvolt teaches us two lessons: You need to understand the future to see all the possibilities, and you must be a fact-based optimist to grab them.

David Deutsch 13 min read

πŸ’‘ David Deutsch: Optimism, Pessimism and Cynicism

With so much progress in the world, how can pessimism still be widespread? It is because of cynicism, denying that β€œso-called-progress” is progress, argues David Deutsch, professor at Oxford University and one of the world's leading intellectuals on optimism.