Posts by SarahT:
Interviews with Innovators – WasteShark: Continuously working to improve water quality
Posted on: 23 Dec 2022
December 22, 2022 In the United States, South Korea, South Africa, Australia and various places in Europe, the innovative cleaning robot WasteShark is already being used to fish floating debris out of the water. Since last week, one has also been ‘swimming’ through the canals of Zaanstad , the first in the Netherlands. And that is striking, because RanMarine, […]
This robot shark cleans the Zaanse canals
Posted on: 19 Dec 2022
December 15, 2022, 3:56 PM Modified December 15, 2022, 5:02 PM By Mischa Korzec The WasteShark is an ‘aquadrone’ that will keep the canal clean of litter, hopes the municipality of Zaanstad. Today it was presented to the public and the new directors of the waste and cleaning service. The shark must keep the Gedempte […]
MegaShark, the trash collection catamaran, to Debut at CES 2023
Posted on: 13 Dec 2022
Each day debris intentionally or accidentally ends up in our lakes, waterways and marine environments. There is no body of water that does not experience this problem. This unsightly debris is a threat to our marine life, navigational safety, and to human health. That’s why the Dutch scale-up RanMarine Technology is showing the MegaShark at CES 2023, […]
Challenger50 of 2022
Posted on: 28 Nov 2022
Challenger50 of 2022 This is the MT/Sprout Challenger50 of 2022 : the list of fifty most challenging, innovative and fast-growing companies in the Netherlands. These entrepreneurs break with existing business models and show the established order how things can be done differently, faster and better. Challenger50 is powered by Tech Rise People and EY . These are the 50 most challenging […]
Tech Solutions for a Responsible Future at CES 2023
Posted on: 22 Nov 2022
The Kingdom of the Netherlands to Showcase 70 Companies with Tech Solutions for a Responsible Future at CES 2023 AMSTERDAM (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 22, 2022 The Netherlands’ CES 2023 delegation includes 40 startups in Eureka Park and 30 scale-ups in the Venetian Expo, with tech solutions that span sustainability and circularity, energy transition, battery tech, health and […]
Interview with RanMarine
Posted on: 09 Nov 2022
RanMarine is the creator of the world’s first commercially available marine drone that collects both waste and data from the world’s waterways. It’s line of industrial remote controlled and autonomous “Sharks” help government bodies and companies concerned with the economic, regulatory, and aesthetic impact of polluted water efficiently remove surface trash and biomass while preventing […]
An accidental environmentalist
Posted on: 08 Nov 2022
What do a whale sharks, robots and plastic pollution have in common? A new plastic gobbling invention is taking a ‘bite’ out of marine pollution and making a difference in the global fight to clean oceans and waterways. Inspired by nature and created to preserve nature, the WasteShark’s design and purpose was modeled after the […]
Boyan Slats Ocean Cleanup does a good job, but it’s not a real business case
Posted on: 03 Nov 2022
Sharks often attack their prey from below. Richard Hardiman’s WasteShark devours waste floating on the surface of the water. Where grabbing a terrace at the ‘Waterfront’ in Cape Town can all lead to. Richard Hardiman “didn’t feel like talking about Britney Spears anymore.” Photo: Friso Keuris for Het Financieele Dagblad As a brand new student […]
This Aquatic Robot Is Making a Meal Out of Marine Waste
Posted on: 31 Oct 2022
RanMarine has created the world’s first autonomous marine robot. Utilizing drone technology, it can collect up to 500 kg of plastic waste and destructive biomass each day, harmoniously clearing up and monitoring our waters. As WH Auden once said, “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” Vital to all life on earth, our biosphere and everything […]
Halkiopi”: A marine drone in the… “battle” for the cleaning of Thermaikos
Posted on: 06 Oct 2022
The marine drone has the ability to collect up to 160 liters of trash per voyage “Halkiope” is a marine unmanned floating waste collection vessel. It was bought on behalf of the municipality of Thessaloniki from the Netherlands. It is the first time that it is tested in Greece and more specifically it will sail in […]