Sep 5, 2015
7 real NASA technologies in sci-fi movie The Martian
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: food, habitats, space
1. The Habitat.
2. Farming in space.
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Sep 2, 2015
Sky Greens brings farming into a bountiful vertical future
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: energy, food, innovation
When it comes to growing food, the sky’s the limit thanks to innovations like the Sky Urban Vertical Farming System. Designed and pioneered by the Singapore-based company Sky Greens, the vertical farming system is a revolutionary modern spin on the ancient practice of agriculture. Using cutting edge technology, the system demonstrates an energy efficient, environmentally friendly method of producing food that could be a powerful tool in feeding the ever-growing, increasingly urbanized, global population.
Sep 1, 2015
Melt-resistant ice cream coming soon to a cone near you
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: food
Ice creams and hot summer days seem to go together perfectly, until you realise the heat of the latter is turning the former into a melting mass of deliciousness oozing down the side of your cone.
Luckily for us, scientists have discovered a naturally occurring protein that can be used in ice cream to make it more resistant to melting than the ice creams we enjoy today. According to researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee in Scotland, the protein, which is called BslA, will allow ice cream to stay frozen for longer by binding together the air, fat and water in the product.
Not only will this make ice cream more impervious to things like heat, but the researchers say it also results in a super-smooth consistency. The protein, which can be made inside friendly bacteria, adheres to fat droplets and air bubbles, making for a more stable ice cream mixture that prevents the development of ice crystals.
Aug 20, 2015
A Vacant Lot In Wyoming Will Become One Of The World’s First Vertical Farms
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: employment, food, sustainability
A unique conveyer belt design allows the three-story greenhouse to be efficient and sustainable, providing jobs and fresh produce to the Jackson community.
Aug 13, 2015
The Test-Tube Chef — By Bianca Bosker | The Atlantic
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: food
“Hervé This, the father of molecular gastronomy, thinks the meals of the future should be constructed from chemical compounds.”
Aug 5, 2015
The First Vegan Burger that ‘Bleeds’ like Meat
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: food, sustainability
This is the product that Google wanted to buy for $300 million and just got denied…
The first vegan burger that ‘bleeds’ like meat.
Jul 28, 2015
This 1,400-Foot Desert Citadel Would Be A Self-Sustaining City Of Tomorrow — By John Brownlee | Fast Company
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: architecture, food, water
It may look like Immortan Joe’s Citadel from Mad Max: Fury Road, but this abstract desert obelisk isn’t a citadel of the post-apocalypse. It’s a self-contained city—also called an arcology—that French firms Nicholas Laisné Associés and OXO Architects propose to build in the Saharan desert.
Jul 23, 2015
2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium | July 26–31, 2015 | Milan, Italy
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: big data, complex systems, computing, food, information science, machine learning, mapping, space, surveillance, sustainability
Hosted by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2015 (IGARSS 2015) will be held from Sunday July 26th through Friday July 31th, 2015 at the Convention Center in Milan, Italy. This is the same town of the EXPO 2015 exhibition, whose topic is “Feeding the planet: energy for life”.
Jun 30, 2015
World’s first underground urban farm opens for business in London
Posted by Bryan Gatton in categories: food, sustainability
Jun 25, 2015
OS Fermentation Salon Series — By EcoArtTech
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: biological, chemistry, food, health
“OS FERMENTATION events have included installations, workshops, prints, and tastings. The installation includes digital prints created by custom electronics and software that allow microbes to take their own “selfies” and add image manipulation effects to their images based on the shifting pH levels, oxygen, and color values of the fermentation process.”
