First US indoor vertical farm opens, to produce 4M lb of food year-round

Major steps towards better, sustainable and affordable food production free of environmental challenges have been taken, with the “world’s first farm to grow indoor, vertically farmed berries at scale” opening in Richmond, VA. It’s backed by an interna… Continue reading First US indoor vertical farm opens, to produce 4M lb of food year-round

Toy-like music maker gets future producers in the groove

A portable music production studio previewed at NAMM 2022 is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Playtime Engineering’s Blipblox myTracks is designed to give young creators all the tools they need to start making music.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Tec… Continue reading Toy-like music maker gets future producers in the groove

Internet of Production Alliance Wants You to Think Globally, Make Locally

A map of the world with continents in light grey and countries outlined in dark grey. A nuber of yellow and grey circles with cartoon factories on them are connected with curved lines reminiscent of airplane flight paths. The lines have seemingly-arbitrary binary ones and zeros next to them. All of the grey factories are in the Americas, likely since IoP is currently focused on Africa and Europe.

With the proliferation of digital fabrication tools, many feel the future of manufacturing is distributed. It would certainly be welcome after the pandemic-induced supply chain kerfuffles from toilet paper to …read more Continue reading Internet of Production Alliance Wants You to Think Globally, Make Locally

Apple Vision Pro is about to enable fully immersive 3D music production

Producing music these days can be something of a flat experience, undertaken using powerful software running on a computer. With the sales launch of the Apple Vision Pro, DAW maker Hit’n’Mix is planning to immerse musicians in their creations.Continue … Continue reading Apple Vision Pro is about to enable fully immersive 3D music production

Coastal algae farms proposed as solution to future food crisis

A new paper published in the journal Oceanography speculates future global food production problems could be solved by growing protein-dense microalgae in coastal aquaculture farms. The modeling boldly projects 100% of global protein demands could be p… Continue reading Coastal algae farms proposed as solution to future food crisis

Vinyl production platform aims to treat listeners to master-quality records

Though dedicated music streamers might not have even noticed, sales of vinyl records have been on the rise over the last few years, prompting pressing plants to fire up again and start churning out albums. Currently in stealth mode, the UK’s elasticSta… Continue reading Vinyl production platform aims to treat listeners to master-quality records