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Alphabet’s X moonshot factory is a research group working to solve big-picture ideas through technological innovation, and for its latest venture the team is turning its attention to sustainable farming. Called Mineral, the project aims to leverage cut… Continue reading Alphabet builds a plant-inspecting buggy for sustainable farming
In a breakthrough that promises to revolutionize the precision breeding of animals, an international team of scientists led by Jon Oatley, a reproductive biologist with Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has for the first tim… Continue reading CRISPR creates “surrogate sires” that produce prize-winning donor sperm
If you were a farmer, wouldn’t you prefer to just recharge your utility tractor, instead of refuelling it from your limited onsite supply of diesel? That’s exactly where the eUtility Electric Tractor is designed to come in.Continue ReadingCategory: Env… Continue reading eUtility Electric Tractor is powered by a battery, not diesel
The Thammasat University Rooftop Farm (or TURF), by Landprocess, puts an abandoned rooftop area belonging to Thammasat University’s Rangsit Campus to fine use as an organic farm. The project incorporates solar power and rainwater collection, and is use… Continue reading Unused rooftop space transformed into stunning sustainable farm
A team led by researchers at the University of Tokyo has shown that feeding pigs on the waste barley waste left over from the distillation of the Japanese liquor shochu makes for more relaxed pigs and results in tastier pork.Continue ReadingCategory: S… Continue reading Pigs fed on liquor leftovers are less stressed, giving better meat
Last year, AI development company Cognitive Technologies installed its self-driving systems into combine harvesters operated by Russia’s largest agro holding company. The pilot proved successful, and the technology will now be rolled out to 242 combine… Continue reading Rusagro employs autonomous combine fleet for bumper Russian harvest
The MIT Media Lab’s Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg) promised to revolutionize urban farming with their Food Computers: essentially miniature automated gardens that could be installed in racks to maximize growing space. Each unit would be provided with a “Recipe” that allowed it to maintain the ideal environmental conditions for the …read more
Continue reading Open Agriculture Initiative Shuttered Amid Scandal
Boston Dynamics’ dog-like Spot robot can now be remotely controlled from anywhere in the world thanks to a partnership with cloud-based software platform Rocos. To demonstrate its new capabilities the US team remotely monitored the robot working on an … Continue reading Remotely operated Spot robot herds sheep in New Zealand
Growing your own veggies doesn’t necessarily mean getting your hands dirty. We’ve seen a number of indoor gardening devices over the years, the most recent being from LG. Melbourne biotech startup Bace has launched its take on year-round growing with t… Continue reading Rotofarm gets home growers in a slow spin
While the electrification of cars and buses generate a lot of the headlines around these parts, there are plenty of niche vehicles that are also being steered away from fossil fuels. Offering one example is construction equipment company Case, who has … Continue reading Case unveils Project Zeus, an electric backhoe loader