The Russian startup We Can Fly intends to take part in a competition organized by the American entrepreneur Elon Musk with a developed technology for cleaning the Earth’s atmosphere from carbon dioxide (CO2). This was reported on December 11 by TASS with reference to the press service of the company.
This is the international competition Xprize Carbon Removal, which is organized by the Elon Musk Foundation and the Xprize Foundation.
“The We Can Fly community has proposed to solve the problem of global warming with the help of green microalgae, the research of which was conducted back in the Soviet Union,” the message says.
According to the developers, the technology of biological capture and utilization of carbon dioxide Just Air is based on a strain of the green unicellular microalga Micractinium. The development can also be used in deep space exploration, the press service of the company noted.
“Such organisms have been studied in astronautics since the time of Korolev to create isolated biospheres, which will be needed for flights into deep space and the creation of planetary bases,” the developers emphasized.
The founder of We Can Fly, space engineer Alexander Shaenko invited teams and startups interested in developing their projects on microalgae and their applications to cooperate with the company.
“Our ultimate goal is to develop technology on Earth, to bring it to a level suitable for use in space. Only such biological life support systems will allow a person to go beyond the Earth’s orbit, build bases on the Moon and Mars, and even master asteroids, ”the developers believe.
On October 11, it was reported that the Russian developer of software for face recognition and intelligent video analytics NtechLab won the first international competition for startups G20 Innovation League.
In August, NtechLab’s facial recognition system was deployed on the busiest section of Indian railways. The technology has equipped cameras at 30 railway stations. The system recognizes up to 50 people in the frame and is used to manage passenger traffic, count passengers, and also to search for criminals.
Source: IZ
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