A prototype weed-seeking automaton could change the way seven billion humans eat, as well as help to end industrial agriculture's reliance on toxic herbicides and itinerant labor. Read More >>
Featured comment by dirtymagic86:
""could change the way seven billion humans eat"
Putting food into my mouth and chewing has worked pretty well for me so far.." More »
Scientists worldwide have worked for years to come up with a convincing meat substitute. Whether it's farmed with soy or synthesised from stem cells, if it tastes real, it will change the world. But not even a £640,000 prize has been enough to make it happen — on Wednesday, with less than a week to spare, the deadline for a PETA-sponsored contest to create in vitro meat was extended until 2013. What's the problem? Read More >>
Featured comment by justin24:
"I dont understand, eating meat is not a choice, its a habit and addiction, I would not have cared if that choice like drugs, meant that you die, die i..." More »
That little nubby celery stump that you normally throw away is valuable. It can live its own 99 lives. Here's how to use it to punch your ticket to vegetative financial freedom. Read More >>
Milking a cow is a relatively quick and easy process. Milking a herd is an all-day job. The new MIone auto-milking system, however, takes the drudgery out of udder extraction with mechanisation. Read More >>
I lived in Italy for nearly 20 years, and it's difficult to imagine Italians tolerating anyone tampering with their precious tomato, the main ingredient in their all-important "gravy." But they seem to be ok with the newfangled "Realtomato" showing up in their caprese salads and margherita pizzas. Read More >>
Featured comment by dgallimore:
"Where can I buy seeds of this tomato? I've looked and it appears to be called 'Indigo Rose' in the States but can't find it in the UK anywhere.
Thank..." More »
The Japanese do love their robots, so it’s not all that much of a surprise that the country is turning to them for its food production. The plan is to set up an autonomous robot farm on one of the worst Tsunami-hit areas, using a £33m investment to regenerate the struggling Japanese agriculture industry. Read More >>
It's easy for people and most animals to tell the difference between ripe and unripe strawberries—just look for the red ones. But for robots, that's no simple feat. So researchers at the National Physical Laboratory have developed a four-part technology to teach robots how to pick only the sweetest berries. Read More >>
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