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#Agrivoltaics is the practice of purposefully shading agricultural crop lands with solar panels
in order to enjoy the dual benefits of solar electricity and increased food production.
A new study I
co-authored with my colleague, Uzair Jamil, found that
👍 partial shading to benefit crop production even works when the solar panels do not.
This has interesting policy ramific…

How shading crops with solar panels can improve farming, lower food costs and reduce emissions
Canada can meet its carbon emission reduction targets, make food cheap again and open up a gigantic trade surplus with the U.S. by shading farm crops with solar panels.

Solar panels and crops growing together? It's called agrivoltaics, and it just got a major boost.
DC-based Okovate acquired startup Fundusol to integrate Stanford & Carnegie Mellon tech that optimizes solar arrays for different crops using genetic algorithms. The goal: make solar farming economically viable for rural communities across the US.

Agrivoltaic Company Okovate Acquires Stanford University & Carnegie Mellon Tech Startup - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Agrivoltaics have been the name of the game in the past few years in the solar power industry. On the surface, it seems simple — find farmland that could benefit from co-location with solar power plants, and then plop some ... [continued]

Sehe gerade: die Ausschreibung für die Jugendplätze im SWR-Rundfunkrat (18-29 Jahre, zwei Personen für BW und eine Person für RLP) läuft.
https://www.landtag-bw.de/de/aktuelles/themen/jetzt-bewerben-deine-stimme-im-swr-rundfunkrat-

„Verbessertes Modell“ bedeutet bei GenAI häufig nur, dass der vom Modell erzeugte Output noch schlechter als AI-generiert erkennbar ist, als der von Vorgängerversionen. Die Hallizunationen bleiben. #aicrap #aislop

Based on a wee experiment, I've decided that I could probably replace my MacBook Air with a Thinkpad running Elementary OS 8.
I wouldn't do it voluntarily but if necessary, it's far less aggravating than Windows.
#linux #thinkpad

Bills QB Allen aggravates foot; X-rays negative https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47440741/bills-josh-allen-aggravates-foot-injury-x-rays-negative

39C3: Digital Independence Day – CCC-Sprecher über Weg raus aus Big Tech
Auf dem Hackerkongress 39C3 wurde der Digital Independence Day ausgerufen. Warum und was das bedeutet, erklärt CCC-Sprecher Linus Neumann im Interview.

Adobe updates Acrobat to add new AI features, including presentation generation, file editing, and creating podcast summaries from docs stored in Adobe Spaces (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/adobe-acr…

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries | TechCrunch
Adobe is adding AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to generate podcast summaries of files, create presentations, and a way for users to edit files using prompts.

Adobe Acrobat Studio: KI-Werkzeuge für PDFs, Präsentationen und Podcasts
Adobe ergänzt die PDF-Software Acrobat um KI-Funktionen, die Dokumente in Präsentationen oder Audiodateien umwandeln, und ein Tool zur Online-Zusammenarbeit.