Converting waves into electricity 🌊
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Converting waves into electricity 🌊
#52 2022 | Sparkmate
We hope you and your teams are having a great holiday season 🎉🎉
The last issue of the year is here… and the new year is upon us 💥 We look forward to all the new opportunities and experiences that await all of us!
We’ve certainly got a few things up our sleeves for you - but we’ll share them all when they’re ready ;) Until then:
Here’s what we’ve put together for your weekly Spark News:
Engage users with product updates (effortlessly) with Beamer 📩
Make the most of podcasts with AI using Snipd ✂️
Here’s what an artificial womb facility could look like 🍼
Converting waves into electricity 🌊
Your fast track to scaling: The Venture Building Playbook 🌱
💙 NEWS FROM OUR MATESEngage users with product updates (effortlessly) with Beamer 📩
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💭 TECH FOOD FOR THOUGHTHere’s what an artificial womb facility could look like 🍼
Warning: prepare to be mindblown 🤯 Disclaimer: this is only a (very well thought-out) concept!
The global human population is reaching its peak, and studies suggest that numbers would only go down from here - which will take a hit on the younger population we need to support the future global economy. So, many are looking at technology to help with this: including science speaker Hashem Al-Ghaili (known for his outlandish tech ideas) who made a detailed video on how he thinks an artificial womb facility would work.
The 8-minute video showcases technologies that are already in use or seem within grasp, including being fully powered by renewable energy, parents being true biological parents of their babies with DNA, pods that mimic wombs completely with many sensors for monitoring, parents being able to speak and sing to their babies with speakers / see them with cameras inside, being able to adjust characteristics of the babies, and so much more. It’s 💯 worth the watch!
🌱 TECH FOR SUSTAINABILITYConverting waves into electricity 🌊
Our oceans cover 71% of the Earth. So why not try making electricity with something we’re abundant in? Sea Wave Energy Limited (SWEL) is an R&D, UK-based company that’s been developing a spine-like floating device to collect energy from waves and converts it into electricity.
Called the “Wave Line Magnet”, the device is built using affordable, recycled materials like plastics, providing a much more climate-friendly alternative to traditional technologies. It consists of an array of floating platforms linked to a spine-like central power system that altogether seamlessly follows wave movement - being able to produce power levels of 100MW under the right conditions (bigger the waves, bigger the energy). It can also be easily repaired, maintained, produced and transported!
💥 WHAT’S ON @ SPARKMATEYour fast track to scaling: The Venture Building Playbook 🌱
After working with countless entrepreneurs and innovators, and being in the trenches for years, we’ve proven that building successful ventures don’t require any secret sauce - just the right knowledge, skills, hard work and pure obsession 🚀
So we wanted to help you get there too, without having to go through years yourself. Just in-depth lessons we’ve put together on everything you need to know!
You can find the Playbook in our Vault - where you’ll also find many other resources, playbooks (i.e The Hardware Startup Playbook) and even perks we’ve negotiated for founders like you 💎
PS: We’re still working on it, but we’d love to hear your feedback! Feel free to comment on each of the lessons or just email us directly.
Exciting things are happening every day ⚡️ Follow us on social media to stay tuned!