dankeelan | Global Auto Mobility

Mercedes-Benz Spending $47 Billion to Go All-in on Electric Vehicles by 2030

Jul 22, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Investment

Mercedes-Benz laid out its roadmap to all-electric mobility today with goals that fall into line with what many other automakers are promising. There’s one big caveat, however. The company says that it will only go all-in on electric vehicles “where market...

How Climate Change and Fires are Shaping the Forests of the Future

Jul 22, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Featured, Forests

Forest fires are already a global threat. “But considering how climate change is progressing, we are probably only at the beginning of a future that will see more and bigger forest fires,” explains Rupert Seidl, Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest...

Using AI for Potato Disease Detection

Jul 22, 2021 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Featured

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of the leaves. The research led by Srikant Srinivasan, associate professor, School of Computing and...

Deepmind Creates ‘Transformative’ Map of Human Proteins Drawn by AI

Jul 22, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured

AI research lab DeepMind has created the most comprehensive map of human proteins to date using artificial intelligence. The company, a subsidiary of Google-parent Alphabet, is releasing the data for free, with some scientists comparing the potential impact of the...

The Global Economy Has Already Begun Its Transition To Climate Economics

Jul 22, 2021 | Climate

The world has undergone a huge change in the last 18 months and the real reason has been overshadowed by the pandemic. The reality is that the global economy has already begun its transition to a climate economy. China aims to become a carbon neutral player by 2060,...