WED22: Commercialising soil carbon
Soils have been recognised as living systems that require certain biologically active conditions before soil carbon can be built.
Tag: agriculture
Purple Hive uses artificial intelligence to keep bees parasite-free
With off-the-shelf parts, artificial intelligence and a little ingenuity, two engineers have devised a purple box that could save the ...
Engineers taste success with olive oil business
By applying lessons from their professional careers to food production, a married couple of engineers built a unique olive oil ...
Will luminescent plants light up the future?
Engineers from MIT have created a light-emitting plant that has the capability to glow brightly for several minutes.
This engineer wants Australians to stop flushing opportunity down the toilet
New technology that can convert human urine into fertiliser onsite could enable an expansion of urban farming and eventually provide ...
Jason Chan is shaking up the world of agricultural machinery
Jason Chan’s inventive thinking and technical creativity are shaking up the world of agricultural machinery.
This new tool could identify ‘smoke taint’ in wine early in the process
A South Australian researcher is combining materials science, engineering and applied photonics to help winemakers detect smoke taint in grapes ...
Watch: Inside a shipping container vertical farm
New farming models are cropping up around the world, including in Sydney, where Sprout Stack is transforming old shipping containers ...
Removing weeds without herbicides could prove a boon for farmers
Western Australian agricultural engineers have added a novel piece of technology to the farming industry’s arsenal against increasingly resilient weeds.
A new AI system to protect hives from a devastating pest has bee enthusiasts buzzing
One in every three bites of food consumed by Australians relies on pollination by bees. Engineers have designed a high-tech ...
