Chandra Clarke

Offering Light and Laughter Wherever I Can

  • Home
  • About
  • Books & Shorts
  • Press & Awards
  • Citizen Science
  • Contact Me
You are here: Home / 5 Interesting Things / Five Interesting Things – June 2022

Five Interesting Things – June 2022

June 15, 2022 By Chandra Clarke Leave a Comment

It’s time for the June 2022 edition of 5 Interesting Things. It’s a short round up of things I’ve found that are: potentially actionable, inspiring, thought-provoking.

Green Wave – Looking for a complete career change? Consider ocean farming. That’s right, ocean. Green Wave is a regenerative farming project that does kelp and fish farming, and now they want to teach you how to do it. Read about the project here, and then if you’re intrigued sign up for courses.

Droning on – Do you have a drone? Are you looking for reasons to get one? This blog has a neat list of things you can do with one.

Algae lamps? – A French scientist has been working on a way to generate light using bioluminescent algae. The bonus is that algae are really good at chomping CO2.

Self-driving tractors – We’ve been a long, long way from horse drawn plows for some time, with farmers able to till and plant in the comfort of air conditioned cabs and stereo sound systems. John Deere kicks it up a notch with the release of an autonomous tractor. One of the biggest issues in farming is that the window of opportunity to get stuff into and out of the ground can be quite limited – you don’t want to try to take heavy machinery into a sodden field, or you won’t be getting it out anytime soon. Farmer Bob needs to sleep and eat, but his tractor? A self-driving one can stay in the field 24/7 until the job is done.

Achoo! – The research is really really preliminary, but scientists have made an interesting discovery with regards to allergies and autoimmune diseases. They have learned that neuritin, a protein, suppresses formation of rogue plasma cells which are the cells that produce harmful antibodies. Or in other words, it acts like an antihistamine. Incidentally, a great accessible book on the immune system is, well, Immune by Phillip Detmer. (That last is an affiliate link to Bookshop.org, which supports indie bookstores).

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)

Related

Filed Under: 5 Interesting Things Tagged With: algae, drones, ocean farming, self-driving, tractors

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

On Sale Now:

Recent Posts

  • Five Interesting Things – August 2022
  • Full Steam Ahead
  • Dispatch From The Gnome Front
  • Five Interesting Things – June 2022
  • Regional Government

Recent Comments

  • Marlee on Full Steam Ahead
  • Marlee on Regional Government
  • Regional Government - Chandra Clarke on Local Government
  • Hank roberts on Freedom Convoys?
  • Chandra Clarke on Freedom Convoys?

Your Host:


Offering Whatever Light I Can

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Copyright © 2022 Chandra Clarke. All Rights Reserved.