Nonprofit Innovator Podcast

This week we bring you three stories on social innovation:#1) Monitoring climate change from space. The compact satellite MethaneSAT will gather data about methane, one pollutant that’s warming the planet. It was designed to calculate the location and magnitude of methane emissions virtually anywhere on Earth. #2) Artificial intelligence (AI) produces the best-tasting food. MIT media lab researchers combine botany, machine learning algorithms, and chemistry. Researchers in the Media Lab’s Open Agriculture Initiative report that their basil plants are likely more delicious than ordinary ones.#3) Improving city planning with big data. Digitally mapping transportation networks in developing cities can help them reach the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The vast majority, 92%, of the world’s largest low- and middle-income city planners lack data about how people move throughout the city, hindering their ability to optimally place public housing, amenities, and emergency services. Geographer, a