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#Namib Application Meta

#Namib desert | Namib desert stretches hundreds of kilometres along the coast of Namibia | To the south of the Kuiseb river there are gigantic sand dunes | To the north of the Kuiseb river the desert is largely made up of gravel plains and rocky hills

#Namib Coastal Desert | Temperatures may rise above 40°C in summer, sometimes even up to 50°C | In winter temperatures still reach a pleasant 20° C to 25° C | At night temperatures may drop below 0° C | High temperature fluctuations are challenging

#Clean energy revolution

#Copper, the metal of electrification

#Demand for copper

#Copper global supply shortfall

#Vast copper reserves largely untouched in Namibia

#Water management challenge

#Flooding in mining attempts

#Property Rights

#Platinum Exploration

#Copper Exploration

#Cobalt Exploration

#Tin Exploration

#Bauxite Exploration

#Manganese Exploration

#Coastal Desert

#Nama Language

#Sand Dunes

#Bordering Sea Fisheries

#Scattered Isolated Mountains

#Steep Wolled Gorges

#Orange River

#Barchans

#Vlei

#Koichap Stream

#Benguela Current

#Fog

#Sea Breeze

#Temperature Inversion

#Freezing Temperatures

#Cesium

#Rubidium

#Minerals critical to national security

#Critical minerals

#Rare earth elements

#Energy transition

#Terrain conditions

#The weight of the vehicle

#Fittings: bullbars, rear bars, tow bars, side steps

#Suspension: design, height; size

#Tyre: compound, type

#Vehicle approach

#Recovering a stuck vehicle

#Living Desert

#Cold Desert

#Sheltering Desert

#World Oldest Desert | 80 million years old desert

#Ultimate destination for off-road adventures

#Dune driving

#Sand dunes

#Sand driving

#Skeleton Coast

#Nothingness

#Sossusvlei

#Big Daddy Dune

#Big Mamma Dune

#Namib Sand Sea

#Narabeb: | Former lake site in Namib desert

#Luminescence dating | Making sand glow to tell the time

#KAZA | Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area | World largest terrestrial conservation area | Covering ca 520,000 square km across Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

#Biodiversity

#Cross-border conservation

#Yellowcake (uranium)

#Space habitat

#Lunar habitat

#Lunar base

#Erongo uranium region

#eU3O8 | radiometric estimate of uranium oxide concentration derived from gamma ray measurements of uranium decay products

#Niobium | Symbol Nb | Atomic number 41 | Light grey | Ductile transition metal | Melting point 2477 °C | Boiling point 4744 °C | Notable for its superconductive properties | Superconductor at cryogenic temperatures (below 9.25 K) | Used in superconductive magnets and alloys | Primarily occurs in minerals like columbite and pyrochlore | Used in high-strength alloys | Enhancing batteries

#Kalahari copper belt | The fastest growing new copper district in the world

#Namibian diamonds

#Kimberlite | Diaminds mined as land diamonds

#Alluvial diamonds | Orange river

#Marine diamonds | Atlantic Ocean

#Namdeb | On shore diamond source

#Debmarine | Off shore diamond source

#Namdeb team vacuuming diamond-rich sand in the surf at Atlantic Ocean coastline, using specialized equipment

#Marine diamond mining methods

#Vacuuming of diamondiferous sand off the seafloor

#Deep-sea diamond mining

#Diamond mining vessel

#Underwater diamond recovery ship

#Namibia has the richest known marine diamond deposits in the world

#Marine-based diamond recovery operation

#Divers recover gravel from the seabed at depths of 7 meters to 30 meters

#Field Foundation Model (FFMs) | Physical world model using sensor data as an input | Field AI robots can understand how to move in world, rather than just where to move | Very heavy probabilistic modeling | World modeling becomes by-product of Field AI.robots operating in the world rather than prerequisite for that operation | Aim is to just deploy robot, with no training time needed | Autonomous robotic systems applucations | Field AI is software company making sensor payloads that integrate with their autonomy software | Autonomous humanoid Field AI can do | Focus on platforms that are more affordable | Integrating mobility with high-level planning, decision making, and mission execution | Potential to take advantage of relatively inexpensive robots is what is going to make the biggest difference toward Field AI commercial success

#ASX mining explorers flocking to uranium friendly Namibia | Namibia is the third-largest uranium producing nation in the world, behind only Kazakhstan and Canada | Average production of 5613 metric tonnes in recent years | Home to the longest-running uranium mine in the world, Rossing | Paladin Energy (ASX:PDN) | Bannerman Energy (ASX:BMN) | Deep Yellow (ASX:DYL)

#Critical minerals in Artificial Intelligence | At the core of AI transformation lies a complex ecosystem of critical minerals, each playing a distinct role | Boron: used to alter electrical properties of silicon | Silicon: fundamental material used in most semiconductors and integrated circuits | Phosphorus: helps establish the alternating p-n junctions necessary for creating transistors and integrated circuits | Cobalt: used in metallisation processes of semiconductor manufacturing | Copper: primary conductor in integrated circuits | Gallium: used in compound semiconductors such as gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN) | Germanium: used in high-speed integrated circuits and fibre-optic technologies | Arsenic: employed as a dopant in silicon-based semiconductors | Indium phosphide: widely used in optical communications | Palladium: used in production of multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) | Silver: the most conductive metal used in specialised integrated circuits and circuit boards | Tungsten: serves as a key material in transistors and as a contact metal in chip interconnects | Gold: used in bonding wires, connectors, and contact pads in chip packaging | Europium: enables improved performance in lasers, LEDs, and high-frequency electronics essential to AI systems and optical networks | Yttrium: improves the efficiency and stability of materials like GaN and InP, supporting advanced applications in photonics, high-speed computing, and communications technologies

#Critical minerals for Optics, Imaging & Advanced Materials | Graphite: high-speed electronics, advanced sensors, and thermal management systems | Copper: short-distance data transmission in AI data centres | Germanium: a key material in thermal imaging, night-vision optics, and fibre-optic communication systems | Indium: optical communication systems | Praseodymium: specific types of lasers and optical materials | Neodymium:solid-state lasers | Holmium: specialised laser systems, particularly medical and scientific applications

#Critical minerals for Power Supply & Batteries | Lithium: portable electronics, wearables, electric vehicles | Graphite: stores lithium ions during charging process and releases them during discharge | Manganese: used in various lithium-ion battery chemistries | Cobalt: critical to the performance of premium mobile and computing devices | Nickel: crucial for electric vehicles, high-performance electronics, and energy-intensive AI systems