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🌎 The last ozone-depleting chemical is now decreasing. 💰 Funding to create an open energy protocol for energy sharing. 🐎 Wild horses return to the Kazakh steppes after 200 years.
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👨🏫 Schools out for summer
On Wednesday, I visited Intrx for the last AI talk of the spring term. It's a company not many know about, but whose products are recognized by millions. They design store fixtures for major food and retail chains.
Last week, I also held the final AI course of the spring together with Idealstad.
A fun and talented group showed up, as usual, with a wide mix of professions and skills. There was a lawyer, an astronaut, an intranet administrator, an SEO optimizer, a property manager, a community manager, and so on.
If you want to book a talk or course after the summer, you can read more and get in touch here. During the spring, I've been to Bosnia, Belgium, Norway, Canada, and the USA, so I'm happy to travel outside of Sweden.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🌎 The last ozone-depleting chemical is now decreasing
The levels of the ozone-depleting chemical HCFC have been declining since 2021. The ozone layer is recovering, and the dangerous ozone hole is shrinking. The Montreal Protocol, adopted in 1987, has been crucial in reducing the use of ozone-depleting substances.
🐦CyberTracker helps indigenous communities document biodiversity
CyberTracker's software, developed in collaboration with indigenous communities, enables nearly anyone to collect complex biodiversity data. Even individuals who are illiterate can collect detailed data.
🧫 They win the $10 million Longitude Prize – combating superbugs
Swedish-Japenese Sysmex Astrego has won the Longitude Prize of $10 million for its rapid test of bacterial infections. The test reduces the time to determine the correct antibiotic from three days to less than 45 minutes, and can be used directly at the first doctor's visit.
💰 Funding to create an open energy protocol for energy sharing
The City of Lund is awarded $2 million, part of which will go to Project Energy Society and the development of an energy protocol. This will enable energy sharing and a low fixed cost for all the electricity you need.
🐎 Wild horses return to the Kazakh steppes after 200 years
The world's last wild horses, Przewalski's horses, have returned to their original home in Kazakhstan. The horses come from zoos in Berlin and Prague. The plan is to transport a total of 40 horses to central Kazakhstan over the next five years.
🎙️ AI talk or master class?
I'm giving a lot of talks and master classes on AI in several different countries. Happy to come to your organization.
Learn more at mathiassundin.org.
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