McDonald’s Canada Just Pissed Off a Lot of People With Peanut Allergies
The latest advice says that earlier exposure to peanuts is best. Continue reading McDonald’s Canada Just Pissed Off a Lot of People With Peanut Allergies
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Watching Popcorn Pop at 30,000 Frames Per Second Might Make You Cry
Turn your sound up and take in its majesty. Continue reading Watching Popcorn Pop at 30,000 Frames Per Second Might Make You Cry
FarmLogs raises $22 million to make agriculture a more predictable business
Ann Arbor, Michigan-based FarmLogs has raised $22 million in a Series C round of funding for technology that helps farmers monitor and measure their crops, predict profits, manage risks from weather, pests and more. Naspers Ventures led the round joined by the company’s earlier backers Drive Capital, Huron River Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, SV Angel and individual investors… Read More Continue reading FarmLogs raises $22 million to make agriculture a more predictable business
Laser-Cut Gingerbread Trailer Home
Ah, the holiday gingerbread house. A traditional — if tedious — treat; tasking to create, delicious to dismantle, so why not try applying some maker skills to making the job of building it easier? [William Osman] decided to try two unorthodox approaches to the gingerbread construct; first, he opted to build a gingerbread mobile home. Secondly, he cut the pieces out with a laser cutter.
After the tumultuous task of baking the gingerbread sheets, [Osman] modeled the trailer in SolidWorks and set to work cutting it out on his home-built, 80W laser cutter. Twice. Be sure to double check the …read more
The Neurons That Would Starve You
Neuroscientists isolate the neural circuitry behind ‘anti-hunger.’ Continue reading The Neurons That Would Starve You
OpenAg Is A Personal Food Computer
When a device that calls itself a personal food computer lands in your timeline, what image springs to mind? A cloud-connected diet aid perhaps, advertised on TV infomercials by improbably fit-looking Californian ladies crediting all their health to a palm-sized unit that can be yours for only 199 dollars. Fortunately that proved not to be the case, and on further reading our timeline story was revealed to be about a computerized farming device.
The OpenAg Food Computer from the MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative bills itself as:
“a controlled-environment agriculture technology platform that uses robotic systems to control and
Trippy Satellite Imagery Could Forecast Food Crises Before They Happen
New machine learning algorithm from Descartes Labs is like ‘Minority Report,’ but for corn. Continue reading Trippy Satellite Imagery Could Forecast Food Crises Before They Happen
Insanely Hot Oven Makes Pizza in 45 Seconds: Avidan Ross on Food Hacking
In the future, nobody will have to cook for themselves: the robots will take care of it all for us. And fast! At least if folks like [Avidan Ross] have their way. He gave a talk on his 45-second pizza robot, and other DIY food automations, at the 2016 Hackaday SuperConference, and you’re invited to pretend that you were there by watching this video.
Why would you want to build machines to build food? It’s a serious challenge, and there’s always going to be room to improve and new frontiers to cross. There’s immediate feedback: [Avidan] gets to taste and …read more
Continue reading Insanely Hot Oven Makes Pizza in 45 Seconds: Avidan Ross on Food Hacking
Insanely Hot Oven Makes Pizza in 45 Seconds: Avidan Ross on Food Hacking
In the future, nobody will have to cook for themselves: the robots will take care of it all for us. And fast! At least if folks like [Avidan Ross] have their way. He gave a talk on his 45-second pizza robot, and other DIY food automations, at the 2016 Hackaday SuperConference, and you’re invited to pretend that you were there by watching this video.
Why would you want to build machines to build food? It’s a serious challenge, and there’s always going to be room to improve and new frontiers to cross. There’s immediate feedback: [Avidan] gets to taste and …read more
Continue reading Insanely Hot Oven Makes Pizza in 45 Seconds: Avidan Ross on Food Hacking
Here’s More Evidence Americans Don’t Know What They Should Be Eating
From organic food to GM crops, we’re pretty split…but when you consult the science, it’s no wonder we’re so confused. Continue reading Here’s More Evidence Americans Don’t Know What They Should Be Eating