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Prince William Makes 2020 Decade to Repair CC thru Innovative Remedies Source:  Kensington Palace Earthshot: Multi-Million Pounds Challenge for Remedies Prince William is launching what's being called the most prestigious environmental program in history.  It's called Earthshot and it runs for the 2020's decade.  The purpose is to focus and reward doable remedies to address Climate Change.  Prince William is putting significant money, what Kensington Palace is calling "multi-million pounds" behind the Earthshot Prize Challenge. Awarding Climate Change Innovation Prince William's Earthshot program is betting on human innovation to turnaround the massive environmental damage that Climate Change has caused globally to the planet.  Starting in 2021, 5 CC remedies will win substantial monetary prizes.  The Prince hopes that by 2030 those yearly five prizes will yield 50 new Climate Change solutions. Moonshots The Prince likens his pr...

DARPA's Subterranean Robotic Challenge Source:  DARPA The Robot Olympics Are About to Begin The US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA - believes the next big challenge for robots is to autonomously function below the surface of the earth.  The locations they are targeting include caves, tunnel systems, mines and urban undergrounds.  The challenge starts this weekend, when nine teams of robots will compete inside the Edgar Experimental Mine in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Top Global Roboticists DARPA Challenges attract some of the greatest roboticists in the world and their robotic innovations.  The challenges the teams face are real-world needs.  Their primary mission is to search for, detect and precisely locate human survivors, gas leaks and much more. Caves, Tunnels, Urban Underground The competition starts with an integration exercise in the Colorado mine.  The robot teams will undergo a series of challenging situa...