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This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

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Canada, in 2018. Her water expeditions throughout the world include five months during 2005 and 2006, when she and her husband rowed from Portugal to Costa Rica. She has a bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology from McMaster University , in Hamilton, Ont., Angus knows firsthand about how challenging the ocean can be.

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Move Over, Tractor—the Farmer Wants a Crop-Spraying Drone

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Arthur Erickson Occupation: Aerospace engineer and founder, Hylio Location: Houston Education: Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, specializing in aeronautics, from the University of Texas at Austin Erickson founded Hylio with classmates while they were attending the University of Texas at Austin.

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The Integrated Designer

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I grew up in Costa Rica, was always drawn to science and math, and have always been very competitive,” Sandoval-Pichardo says. “In In college—the Costa Rica Institute of Technology —I signed up for what at the time was the hardest engineering degree in my country to get into— mechatronics. She received it in 2015.

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Are Disposable Hotel Slippers the Next Plastic Straws?

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In November, managers at the Arenas del Mar resort near Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica, challenged employees to come up with ways to operate more sustainably. She added that the comfort and hygiene associated with slippers has become a universal luxury standard today. In a 2018 study, Chekitan S.