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22. How to Turn Gum into Shoes, Reducing CO2 in Construction by 40%, High-Speed Flying Boats

The Next Byte Podcast · 15 Jun 2021 · 24m

AI in practice: one real use of AI described

What this episode covers

Hosts Daniel Scott Mitchell and Farbod Moghaddam discuss three engineering innovations: Gumdrop's Gumtech material made from recycled chewing gum, Price & Myers' PANDA software for reducing embodied carbon in construction, and REGENT's electric ground effect vehicle. They detail the material science behind Gumtech, the Monte Carlo simulation used by PANDA to optimize building designs, and the aerodynamic principles allowing REGENT's craft to fly efficiently over water.

AI in practice

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Engineering & simulationPANDA (Price & Myers)25% carbon reduction, 15% cost reduction

The software used a Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the embodied carbon and cost for tens of thousands of building design permutations, allowing engineers to identify configurations that reduced carbon emissions and costs. This resulted in an average 25% reduction in carbon emissions and 15% cost savings across studied structures.

“The Price and Myers team studied 30 structures that they had made in the past. And they said if Panda had been used, it would have saved an average of 25% of the carbon emissions and 15% of the cost.”

Speaker 2 · Hear it at 15:43

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Companies
Gumdrop, Wrigley, Price & Myers, REGENT
Products
Gumtech, Adidas Stan Smith, PANDA

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