{"id":219148,"date":"2026-04-12T04:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=219148"},"modified":"2026-04-12T04:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:48:24","slug":"the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=219148","title":{"rendered":"The emerging science of finding critical metals | Mfikeyi Makayi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your smartphone, computer and electric car all depend on one thing \u2014 critical minerals buried deep underground. But there\u2019s a catch: the mining industry has gotten dramatically worse at discovering new deposits just when we need them most, says mining innovator Mfikeyi Makayi. She introduces new AI-powered technology that could fix this problem by predicting mineral locations 10,000 times faster than conventional methods and transforming an industry essential to a sustainable future&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/ttd\/episodes\/tid159494tid\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your smartphone, computer and electric car all depend on one thing \u2014 critical minerals buried<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi.png",315,315,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi-300x300.png",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi.png",315,315,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi.png",315,315,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi.png",315,315,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi.png",315,315,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi.png",315,315,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi.png",315,315,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219148-the-emerging-science-of-finding-critical-metals-mfikeyi-makayi.png",315,315,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=35\" rel=\"category\">Tech<\/a>","tag_info":"Tech","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=219148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/219149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=219148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=219148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}