Underwater Greenhouses Offer Creative Solution To Food Crisis

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There actually is an octopus in this garden.

For the past few years, from May-September, a few small transparent enclosures pop up on the seafloor off the coast of Italy.

The structures are underwater greenhouses, anchored 20 feet below the surface of the water, filled with air and small amounts of crops. Unlike land-based gardens, there are no pests—the only animals seen in this garden are some seahorses, crabs, and, yes, octopuses.

3-D printers poised to have major implications for food manufacturing

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The use of 3D printers has the potential to revolutionize the way food is manufactured within the next 10 to 20 years, impacting everything from how military personnel get food on the battlefield to how long it takes to get a meal from the computer to your table, according to a July 12th symposium at IFT15: Where Science Feeds Innovation hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in Chicago.

White Noise Device Helps You Focus

Interesting engineering

For most people, it is very difficult to get focused at work while there is a lot of background noise going on like their colleagues talking or telephones ringing. In order to solve this, the French designers Nicolas Schmitt and Hélène Casado have created “Joe”, a small gadget that blocks these noises so those around it won’t get distracted