Impossible Metals (YC W22) is building underwater robotics vehicles which collect battery metals from the seabed without harming the environment.
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Impossible Metals CEO and Co-Founder Oliver Gunasekara answers a question from Chairman Bruce Westerman during his testimony to the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing. (Starts at 1:04:50.)
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Impossible CEO & Co-Founder Oliver Gunasekara is testifying today for the Natural Resources Committee on “Exploring the Potential of Deep-Sea Mining to Expand American Mineral Production.
Our CEO & Co-Founder Oliver Gunasekara is testifying before the Natural Resources Committee on “Exploring the Potential of Deep-Sea Mining to Expand American Mineral Production” today.
Watch live at 10:15 am ET: bit.ly/3SgcGmM
Read about it: bit.ly/4d3iKsI
Curious about the nuts and bolts of international deep-sea mining regulations beyond the baseline studies, protocols, and research papers?
Read this new #blog to learn about the centerpiece of the decision-making, which is often left out of the discussion: the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). zurl.co/wOsi
United Nations Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals Releases Energy Transition Recommendations and Guidelines
☑️ out this #blog to learn about the new #criticalminerals report from the United Nations: zurl.co/vyhI
#energytransition
👉 Join Dr. Egil Tjåland, Secretary General, Norwegian Forum for Marine Minerals and Associate Professor at NTNU, at a #webinar on Fri, Oct 18, 8 am PST, as he shares his insights on the latest Norwegian developments in deep sea mining.
Register today: zurl.co/Xijk
The U.S. Department of Labor just published its "2024 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor". When the harvesting of deep sea minerals scales, we can replace 4 of the metals on the list, avoiding terrible labor practices in the countries where they're mined.
Learn more: zurl.co/BUI1
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🎙️ In our latest #CCPod episode, host Kirthika Padmanabhan sits down with Oliver Gunasekara, CEO and Co-founder of @ImpossMetals, to discuss how they're transforming seabed mining with cutting-edge robotics. Learn how they enable the sustainable extraction of battery metals while protecting marine ecosystems. Listen here➡️tinyurl.com/3be9wddw
Register today to join Egil Tjåland, Secretary General, Norwegian Forum for Marine Minerals and Associate Professor at NTNU, at a #webinar on Fri, Oct 18, 8 am PST, as he shares his insights on the latest Norwegian developments in deep sea mining: zurl.co/Xijk
Sustainable Seabed Mining to Extract $100 Trillion Metal Reserves
Our CEO & Co-Founder @OlyG was recently welcomed on the Hardware to Save a Planet #podcast, which explores tech innovations aiding the fight against #climatechange. Read the #blog here zurl.co/vLV7 or listen on #Spotify or #ApplePodcasts.
#climateweekNYC
United Nations Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals Releases Energy Transition Recommendations and Guidelines
Learn more about the #criticalminerals report from @UN in this new #blog: zurl.co/vyhI
#energytransition
In anticipation of climate week talks, @VOANews interviewed our CEO @OlyG, and they talked about the need for more minerals to meet #netzero emissions and how the @ImpossMetals technology can harvest seabed minerals with minimal impact on the environment. zurl.co/UOoI
#responsible #deepseamining
Prioritizing Reliability: Reducing the Mean Time Between Failures ⏱
👉 Read this new #blog by our CTO & co-founder Jason Gillham: zurl.co/F7Nt
#MTBF
See this Instagram #video by @freethink zurl.co/4zbU
Could we responsibly mine the metals needed for the transition to sustainable energy? These experts, including our CEO & Co-Founder @OlyG, say yes; the answer lies in autonomous underwater #robots.
#criticalbatterymetals
Don't miss this #webinar with Viridian Biometals CEO Eric Macris on Fri, Sept 20, at 8 am PDT/11 am EDT, "Clean, Low-Cost Critical Minerals Refining via Bacteria That Breathe Rocks," to learn more about the company & its clean, low-cost technology.
Register today: zurl.co/oIlZ
Check out this #video of our user interface screen grab of our in-lab testing of the Eureka robotic arms and vision system.
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#YouTube #underwaterrobot #robotics
#DYK that we have a monthly #webinar series? And even better, we've collected them in this playlist so you can watch them #ondemand.
Have a question or comment? Respond on #YouTube, reply to this post, or email [email protected]
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According to @WIRED, the US Energy Information Agency recorded the numbers for 1H2024, & wind, solar, & #batteries were installed at a pace that dwarfed new natural gas generators. The gap is expected to get dramatically larger before the year is over.
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Join Viridian Biometals CEO Eric Macris on Fri, Sept 20, at 8 am PDT/11 am EDT for a #webinar, "Clean, Low-Cost Critical Minerals Refining via Bacteria That Breathe Rocks," to learn more about the company & its clean, low-cost technology.
Register today: zurl.co/oIlZ
