Isolation, limited resources and harsh environment in Antarctica is ideal for the kind of conditions faced by astronauts growing crops in space in environments like Mars.
EDEN ISS is a greenhouse regulated remotely from mission control at the German Aerospace Centre in Breman.
The cultivation process at this greenhouse is aeroponic meaning a soilless system where the crops absorb nutrients from a water mist applied at the roots. The vegetables are grown in vertical racks, giving a total growing area in the greenhouse of 12.5 square metres, with the roots exposed in plant growth trays.Photo credit Esther Horvath
New research by the CSIRO has demonstrated the efficiency of grain and grass fed beef production in Australia. Australian cattle graze on grass and other foodstuffs often not suitable for agrculture and are efficient upcyclers.Central in the battle for consumers hearts and minds has been the alternative meats narrative that beef production is unsustainable, and bad for the planet.The CSIRO's landmark benchmarking report dismisses this claim.As diners decome ever more concerned about where the ingredients for their meals are sourced, and their impact on the planet, restaurants can be empowered to market their providence confidently.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Barcodes have their own limitations and time issues. We are proposing a conveyor belt where customers can place all their retail grocery shopping and a computer vision enabled, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) reader will read the products accurately and inform the billing software.
Known as the father of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee has teamed up with cyber and tech stars to launch a platform to enable users to 'control their data' in PODs (Personal Online Datastores). Three years on, Inrupt, has secured US$30M series A funding to continue to build its open and collaborative web thesis, with privacy and security at its core.Could this be the future of data and the Internet?https://inrupt.com/products/enterprise-solid-server/image credit: redbubble.com - kalisteanand
