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Feb 10, 2021

Flip-Flops Made From Plants And Algae Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution | World Wide Waste

Posted by in categories: business, finance, food, sustainability

Flip flops from plants. 😃


Researchers at the University of California San Diego have figured out how to turn algae into flip flops. They founded a startup to sell the shoe, but face a challenge in getting their invention mass produced: There aren’t enough algae farms to support the startup’s supply chain.

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Feb 9, 2021

His Royal Majesty Oba Dokun Thompson, Eti-Oni, Osun — Revitalizing The Cocoa Value Chain In Nigeria

Posted by in categories: engineering, food

Revitalizing the cocoa value chain in nigeria — his royal majesty oba dokun thompson, oloni of eti-oni ijesa — eti-oni development group.


Eti-Oni is a town located in The State of Osun, in south-west Nigeria. Eti-Oni is one of the numerous towns that make up the ancient majestic Kingdom of Ilesa.

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Feb 6, 2021

Insta-crop: CRISPR enables high-speed plant domestication

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food

A lanky species of wild rice turns compact and docile in a jiffy.

Feb 6, 2021

The hybrid economy: Why UBI is unavoidable as we edge towards a radically superintelligent civilization

Posted by in categories: economics, food, government, robotics/AI

In the coming Age of Superintelligence [and automation] everyone should be entitled to social dividend, “free” money such as UBI, just for being alive. We should not forget that the wealthiest of us would not be as fortunate without civilization. Otherwise, Jeff Bezos would have to forage for food in the Amazon jungle all by himself. Being a human today is more than enough of a fair contribution to receive free money from the government. Going forward we’ll see more and more prominent voices vouching for UBI.

#HybridEconomy #UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #BasicIncome #SocialDividend #TaxWallStreet #WealthTax #InheritanceTax

Jan 31, 2021

Autonomous food delivery company Starship Technologies, which has enjoyed explosive growth, says kids are feeding its robots bananas

Posted by in categories: food, robotics/AI

Autonomous food delivery company Starship Technologies hit 1 million deliveries this month, and has doubled the size of its robot fleet.


Starship Technologies, the autonomous delivery company that sends little six-wheeled robots to people’s doorsteps with groceries and takeout, has had an astonishing year.

Jan 30, 2021

New NASA Challenge Seeks Novel Food System Technologies

Posted by in categories: food, space

There is a prize purse of up to $500000 for the team that can keep the astronauts fed during deep space journeys. Read the details here.

Jan 29, 2021

Here’s what happened when AI and humans met in a strawberry-growing contest

Posted by in categories: food, robotics/AI

A fruitful experiment.


Top strawberry growers were pitted against data scientists in a smart-agriculture competition organized by Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo.

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Jan 28, 2021

Frozen Fish Pileup in China Threatens Global Supply Chains

Posted by in category: food

A huge pile up of fish cargoes at a Chinese port risks impacting shipments of frozen food across the country and beyond.

Jan 28, 2021

Congressional Panel: Please, Let Us Build Killer Robots

Posted by in categories: food, military, robotics/AI

“Don’t knock it until you try it” should be for tasting new foods, not building robots capable of ending human life.

Jan 27, 2021

Startup Builds 3 Huge Indoor Farms in Appalachia Turning Coal Country into Agricultural Hub

Posted by in categories: food, sustainability

Indoor farms are bringing the change! 😃


Based in Appalachia, Kentucky, AppHarvet’s cutting edge indoor farms have delivered their first harvest of tomatoes to grocery stores.