{"id":92221,"date":"2019-04-19T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T13:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=432433"},"modified":"2019-04-19T13:24:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T13:24:01","slug":"this-slovak-startup-is-using-ai-and-drones-to-help-preserve-natural-water-cycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/19\/this-slovak-startup-is-using-ai-and-drones-to-help-preserve-natural-water-cycles\/","title":{"rendered":"This Slovak startup is using AI and drones to help preserve natural water cycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/this-slovak-startup-is-using-ai-and-drones-to-help-preserve-natural-water-cycles.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Working on their model for more than three decades, Rain for Climate founder Michal Krav\u010d\u00edk has gathered scientists, ecologists, hydrologists, entrepreneurs and government agencies around him to create a plan to restore climate stability:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe research we\u2019ve been working on for years has shown that climate change is not just about high greenhouse gas production, but especially about desertification \u2013 the planet\u2019s drying out. According to the analyses, we have about five years to act, otherwise the ecosystem will be irreversibly damaged,\u201d says Vlado Zaujec , CEO and co-founder of Rain for Climate.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<button class=\"cookie-consent-btn\">Click here to load media<\/button><\/p>\n<p><strong>When AI meets nature<br \/><\/strong>Rain for Climate\u2019s unique solution involves gathering territorial data with drones, which can provide perspective and information faster and more accurately than standard ground-level analysis. This data can then be used to create a personalised report for each customer, based on the needs of their land, providing bespoke technical solutions from a catalogue of over 5,000 different possible measures and actions.<\/p>\n<p>As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/ai\/ai-for-earth-grants\">Microsoft AI for Earth<\/a> grant winner, the company has been given free Azure credits to help power and develop an AI solution to more accurately analyse drone data, at a faster rate. Currently in an internal testing phase, the solution also makes use of machine learning, allowing the AI to also improve with time, teaching itself to spot patterns and make connections across its ever-growing data pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get a lot of data from the drones, which we can quickly analyse thanks to artificial intelligence and machine learning, made possible by our Microsoft grant,\u201d says Vlado Zaujec. \u201cBased on the evaluation, experts can then prepare a water retention project, where they select different technical solutions from a catalogue of more than 5000 measures. The type of solution, size, location and materials used reflect the uniqueness of each territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As with all environmental projects, Rain for Climate\u2019s goal is seen by its founder as a long-distance endeavour. The AI-powered solution that the company is working on is an evolution in its journey towards its ultimate goal of restoring water to its natural balance in affected areas, as quickly, and as efficiently as possible. Thanks to technology and innovative companies like Rain for Climate, we look forward to seeing more innovative solutions that will help conserve our planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working on their model for more than three decades, Rain for Climate founder Michal Krav\u010d\u00edk has gathered scientists, ecologists, hydrologists, entrepreneurs and government agencies around him to create a plan to restore climate stability: \u201cThe research we\u2019ve been working on for years has shown that climate change is not just about high greenhouse gas production, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[135,50],"class_list":["post-92221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-recent-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}