I'm currently working on an audacious moonshot to turn the world's waste into a valuable resource, using technological breakthroughs in AI models and sensors. My post below explains how this work is still connected to the mission of keeping a healthy ocean. In a separate post, I discuss the provocation that recycling is broken.
Some of the most meaningful moments of my life have been spent exploring the ocean, from living underwater, to sailing across the Atlantic, to helping rebuild a submarine for deep-sea research.
These incredible experiences have also been opportunities to witness the devastating impact that plastic waste has on marine environments. As a research engineer at X, The Moonshot Factory, I’ve helped develop Tidal's breakthrough underwater AI that allows us to “see the sea” with an unprecedented clarity.
My latest project at X, The Moonshot Factory brings my work out of the water and onto land with a mission to reduce the amount of trash that makes it into our ocean in the first place. We’re building tools that can identify waste materials at the molecular level in order to better categorize and route them for future use, reducing the need to extract raw materials from the earth and create more trash.
The latest episode of The Moonshot Podcast tells the origin story of our moonshot and the work we’re doing to rethink how the world approaches waste. It features my team lead Rey Banatao and colleague Emma Lingle, who share more about the technology we’re creating and the research that went into our approach, including the trek the team made up to a remote Alaskan island—not inhabited by humans and yet still clogged with trash—to better understand how this problem affects our ecosystems.
Take a listen to learn more about what I’ve been up to for the past year!
These incredible experiences have also been opportunities to witness the devastating impact that plastic waste has on marine environments. As a research engineer at X, The Moonshot Factory, I’ve helped develop Tidal's breakthrough underwater AI that allows us to “see the sea” with an unprecedented clarity.
My latest project at X, The Moonshot Factory brings my work out of the water and onto land with a mission to reduce the amount of trash that makes it into our ocean in the first place. We’re building tools that can identify waste materials at the molecular level in order to better categorize and route them for future use, reducing the need to extract raw materials from the earth and create more trash.
The latest episode of The Moonshot Podcast tells the origin story of our moonshot and the work we’re doing to rethink how the world approaches waste. It features my team lead Rey Banatao and colleague Emma Lingle, who share more about the technology we’re creating and the research that went into our approach, including the trek the team made up to a remote Alaskan island—not inhabited by humans and yet still clogged with trash—to better understand how this problem affects our ecosystems.
Take a listen to learn more about what I’ve been up to for the past year!
Image: GoogleX landing page announcing our moonshot to turn the world's waste into our most valuable resource.
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