Anti-poaching robots using AI to track human evidence and sounds, robot colonies to find leaking water pipes, lifeguard drones on the lookout for sharks, battery-swapping stations for electric motorcycles in Kenya, and Queenstown’s plan to become a carbon-neutral holiday destination without needed offsets!
These are the feel good environmental news stories we cover in this weeks episode of The fairly lame. Podcast!
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Welcome (0:00)
Topics (1:15)
Anti-poaching robot to save the lives of rangers in Africa (1:58)
Water pipe robots to cut back on the massive amount of lost water in the UK (5:12)
How drones are replacing shark nets and drum lines (8:45)
Battery-swapping stations in Kenya to keep costs down and bikes on the road (14:40)
Queenstown’s plant to decarbonise by 2030 (18:47)
Story Links
Anti-poaching robot to save the lives of rangers in Africa
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/gus-robot-help-stop-illegal-poaching-west-africa-churchill/101825542
Water pipe robots to cut back on the massive amount of lost water in the UK
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64052740
How drones are replacing shark nets and drum lines
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/drones-spot-sharks-that-wander-too-close-to-busy-beaches-180981356/
https://theconversation.com/lifeguards-with-drones-keep-us-and-sharks-safe-and-beach-goers-agree-142721
Battery-swapping stations in Kenya to keep costs down and bikes on the road
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-27/battery-swapping-electric-motorcycles-in-kenya/101811270
Queenstown’s plant to decarbonise by 2030
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/130876380/queenstown-lakes-plan-to-be-worlds-first-zerocarbon-destination-no-offsetting-required