Sep 16, 2021 | Agriculture, Drones
Imagine medicines and Covid vaccines being delivered to the remotest corners of the country via drones, within minutes from the nearest health care centre. That is soon going to be a norm in India. Not just that. A farmer growing tomatoes in the Malwa region in MP can...
Aug 12, 2021 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Robots
Artificial intelligence and automation are the new farmhands as growers try to boost productivity amid soaring global demand for food, biofuels and other agricultural products. Why it matters: Farmers one day will be able to manage their fields from their kitchen...
Jul 22, 2021 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of the leaves. The research led by Srikant Srinivasan, associate professor, School of Computing and...
Jul 22, 2021 | Agriculture, Climate
The Scenic Hudson Soil Lab is a rather unassuming structure. Sitting atop a hemp farm within New York’s Hudson River Valley, the lab is unadorned, and no bigger than a roadside diner. The inconspicuousness of the site, however, belies the importance of the...
Mar 18, 2021 | Agriculture, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Robots
Monarch Tractor, a startup cofounded by a member of the Mondavi wine family, is leveraging technology more commonly associated with battery-powered Teslas and autonomous Waymo vans to create electric robotic tractors it says can make farming safer and more...
Mar 11, 2021 | Agriculture, Drones
Dutch cress grower Rob Baan has enlisted high-tech helpers to tackle a pest in his greenhouses: palm-sized drones seek and destroy moths that produce caterpillars that can chew up his crops. “I have unique products where you don’t get certification to spray chemicals...
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