When we think about automation, we often imagine robots just doing the work of humans. Our mental image is of an android in overalls, clocking in with a lunchbox full of oil and bolts, and grabbing a hammer. But that’s [...]
Brandon Alexander grew up on farms, acres and acres of wheat and other broad acre crops in Texas and Oklahoma. So, it’s not entirely surprising that he applied his other expertise—based on a robotics degree from the University of Texas [...]
Indoor urban farming is, you could say, a growing trend. Indoor farm startups want to provide pesticide-free, locally grown vegetables directly to urban stores and restaurants that otherwise would buy produce that may have been shipped thousands of miles. And [...]
Iron Ox says its indoor farm can produce 30 times more food per acre than a traditional farm, thanks to its artificial intelligence software, hydroponics and increased efficiency. | Iron Ox photo CORRECTION – 1135 CST – November 9, 2018 [...]
Creativity is a critical job skill, but it is apparently an increasingly scarce resource. According to studies, fully 61% of leaders don’t believe their companies are creative enough. In addition, in a recent study, 77% of people say they believe [...]
NEW YORK (CBS) Technology often makes our lives easier but a new report finds robots and automation is threatening to take over millions of jobs. In California, a company called Iron Ox is testing robots for tasks normally done by [...]
Producing enough healthy food to feed the world on a changing planet is going to be a steep challenge. These researchers are giving farmers AI-driven techniques and tools to find solutions. On a stretch of highway in the Netherlands not [...]
From kitchen tables worldwide, you can hear a chorus of parents chastising their children with the same refrain: "Stop playing with your food." Children aside, this rebuke needs to be loudly directed at the food fabricators of industrial agriculture. Corporate [...]
From kitchen tables worldwide you can hear a chorus of parents chastising their children with the same refrain: “Stop playing with your food.” Children aside, this rebuke needs to be loudly directed at the profiteers of industrial agriculture. They keep [...]
How’re you gonna keep ’em down on the farm after they’ve seen… Angus? Not “Angus,” the breed of cattle, but Angus, the 1,000-pound “farmer of the future.” He is not actually a he, but an it: A robot, toiling away [...]