Re: [FRIAM] speaking of nano-tech

2025-01-17 Thread Jochen Fromm
Walmart has a patent for robotic beeshttps://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-robot-bees-farming-patent-2018-3The idea is to replace real bees by artificial ones if all insects have died because of pesticides and chemicals.https://news.mit.edu/2025/fast-agile-robotic-insect-could-someday-aid-mec

Re: [FRIAM] speaking of nano-tech

2025-01-17 Thread Barry MacKichan
This is a classic Dunning-Kruger idea. “We’ll fix the mess we’ve made and do it better than nature!”. — Barry On 17 Jan 2025, at 15:49, Jochen Fromm wrote: > Walmart has a patent for robotic > beeshttps://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-robot-bees-farming-patent-2018-3The > idea is to replace

Re: [FRIAM] I've been thinking

2025-01-17 Thread Jochen Fromm
yes, exactly, I agree completely. We really don't want to put all that carbon back into the atmosphere. Earth would become inhabitable.In what part of Australia do you live? Are there any Koalas or Kangaroos nearby? We have some smaller Kangaroos here in the zoo in Berlin, but no Koalas. I have

[FRIAM] speaking of nano-tech

2025-01-17 Thread glen
Microbes can colonize space, produce drugs and create energy − researchers are simulating their inner workings to harness how https://theconversation.com/microbes-can-colonize-space-produce-drugs-and-create-energy-researchers-are-simulating-their-inner-workings-to-harness-how-241131 On 1/14/25

Re: [FRIAM] speaking of nano-tech

2025-01-17 Thread steve smith
I'm putting my bets down on tardigrades as the poster child of space-pioneer phyla: https://www.popsci.com/tardigrades-on-the-moon-alive/ Given Elno's (nod to Glen) predilections, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't have a secret lab where he is cultivating strains of tardigrades with his