Food + Tech
Grain storage in a winter landscape in Alberta, Canada. Credit: iStock
How an ag company most people have never heard of could prove itself more disruptive than Netflix or Airbnb
Grain storage in a winter landscape in Alberta, Canada. Credit: iStock
05.30.2019
by Charlie Mitchell + The Counter
Scientists are gene-editing tomato plants for the International Space Station. Credit: Martha Orozco-Cárdenas/University of California, Riverside, May 2019
Scientists are gene-editing tomato plants for the International Space Station
Scientists are gene-editing tomato plants for the International Space Station. Credit: Martha Orozco-Cárdenas/University of California, Riverside, May 2019
05.03.2019
by Sam Bloch
With the most popular herbicides falling from favor, can robots dispatch with our weeds? Credit: Naio Technologies, April 2019
Robotic weeders are racing to replace glyphosate and dicamba
With the most popular herbicides falling from favor, can robots dispatch with our weeds? Credit: Naio Technologies, April 2019
05.02.2019
by Sam Bloch
Scientists have developed a hybrid chestnut that can survive deadly fungal blight. But activists say that releasing it could infringe on indigenous sovereignty. Credit: Andrei Stanescu / iStock, April 2019
Researchers can restore the American chestnut through genetic engineering. But at what cost?
Scientists have developed a hybrid chestnut that can survive deadly fungal blight. But activists say that releasing it could infringe on indigenous sovereignty. Credit: Andrei Stanescu / iStock, April 2019
04.29.2019
by Jessica Fu
Google’s Wing gets first-ever drone delivery license
04.26.2019
by Sam Bloch
According to the Associated Press, Kroger is testing cameras embedded in price signs on shelves at stores in the suburbs of Cincinnati and Seattle. They’re designed to guess a shopper’s gender and age, but the company claims they don’t store any data.
Walgreens and Kroger are testing cameras that can guess your age and gender
According to the Associated Press, Kroger is testing cameras embedded in price signs on shelves at stores in the suburbs of Cincinnati and Seattle. They’re designed to guess a shopper’s gender and age, but the company claims they don’t store any data.
04.25.2019
by H. Claire Brown + The Counter
Utility pole behind Chariton Valley Electric Cooperative
5G technology is coming to rural America
Utility pole behind Chariton Valley Electric Cooperative
04.16.2019
by Sam Bloch
Elizabeth Warren has made “right to repair” a central part of her agriculture proposal. What is the end goal? Credit: Jessica Fu, April 2019
As farmers fight for the right to repair their tractors, an antitrust movement gains steam
Elizabeth Warren has made “right to repair” a central part of her agriculture proposal. What is the end goal? Credit: Jessica Fu, April 2019
04.08.2019
by Jesse Hirsch
Scientists are one step closer to figuring out how the brain experiences taste. Credit: iStock / Alex_Doubovitsky, March 2019
How does the human brain experience taste?
Scientists are one step closer to figuring out how the brain experiences taste. Credit: iStock / Alex_Doubovitsky, March 2019
03.20.2019
by Jessica Fu