China Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 A giant, indoor vertical farm aims to bring jobs and fresh produce to Compton An innovative agriculture startup plans to open an indoor vertical farm in Compton to help bring more jobs and loads of fresh produce to the California city. Plenty, the company behind the project, said it will condense 700 acres of farmland into a 95,000 square foot warehouse in Los Angeles County, where food-bearing plants will grow vertically and in abundance. The Compton site will be the company's second and largest vertical farm. Plenty opened its first vertical farm in San Francisco in 2018, and maintains a research and development farm in Laramie, Wyoming. By building farms vertically, Plenty said it is able to grow healthy, quality produce without harming the environment. The unique layout will also make it possible to establish farms in urban areas, where land resources are limited and food insecurity is widespread. Plenty uses a range of technologies to realize its goal of more productive and Earth-friendly farming -- including vertical plant towers, LED lighting and robots to plant, feed and harvest crops. The farms are able to grow plants faster, with greater nutritional density, and without the help of pesticides, the company said. To create them, the company said it does not clear lands or pollute grounds, and only uses a fraction of the water that traditional farming requires. "It is very impactful from a climate change perspective," Shireen Santosham, Plenty's head of strategic initiatives, told CNN. "Eighty to 90% of water used around the world is for agriculture. Because we grow our plants using precise nutrient recipes, we can use a very small solution of water." Click on the link for the full article 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Floating Dandelion Seeds Produce Vortex Not Noticed Before By Scientists The extraordinary flying ability of dandelion seeds is possible thanks to a form of flight that has not been seen before in nature, research has revealed. The discovery, which confirms the common plant among the natural world’s best fliers, shows that movement of air around and within its parachute-shaped bundle of bristles enables seeds to travel great distances—often a kilometer or more, kept afloat entirely by wind power. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh carried out experiments to better understand why dandelion seeds fly so well, despite their parachute structure being largely made up of empty space. Their study revealed that a ring-shaped air bubble forms as air moves through the bristles, enhancing the drag that slows each seed’s descent to the ground. This newly found form of air bubble—which the scientists have named the separated vortex ring—is physically detached from the bristles and is stabilized by air flowing through it. The amount of air flowing through, which is critical for keeping the bubble stable and directly above the seed in flight, is precisely controlled by the spacing of the bristles. This flight mechanism of the bristly parachute underpins the seeds’ steady flight. It is four times more efficient than what is possible with conventional parachute design, according to the research. Researchers suggest that the dandelion’s porous parachute might inspire the development of small-scale drones that require little or no power consumption. Such drones could be useful for remote sensing or air pollution monitoring. Click on the link for the full article 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Long-lost van Gogh masterpiece ‘discovered’ by NYC collector The art collector and luminary who founded the New York Academy of Art with Andy Warhol in 1979 says he’s rediscovered a long-lost Vincent van Gogh masterpiece at an obscure country auction. New York collector Stuart Pivar says the painting, “Auvers, 1890” — in its original condition and signed on the back by “Vincent” — is a “once-in-a-lifetime find.” And the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has requested he send it to them for immediate authentication. The piece, if authentic, was likely painted in the last two months of the famed artist’s life. Van Gogh shot himself in a wheat field in July 1890 — possibly in one of the fields that appears in the painting, Pivar believes. Van Gogh obsessively painted more than 70 works in the last two months of his life in Auvers, on the outskirts of Paris. Pivar said, “This is what we are considering to be the greatest art find in 100 years. It’s the biggest painting van Gogh ever made [and] the only one he ever made in a square format. It is on its way to the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam because they have requested to see it and authenticate it. Click on the link for the full article 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dfitzo53 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Fascinating thread: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 That is a really interesting read. Sort of like those "3-D" ridged cards i'd get when i was a kid, hold it one way it's picture is in one position, a slight change and it moves. Very cool. ~Bang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CRobi21 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) They call him Cool...Mr. Cool. /thread Edited July 16, 2021 by CRobi21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 More creepy than cool lol...still, not sure where else this would go: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, Califan007 said: More creepy than cool lol...still, not sure where else this would go: Whenever I see those things, I'm reminded of the robot dogs in the Black Mirror episode: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 37 minutes ago, Califan007 said: More creepy than cool lol...still, not sure where else this would go: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 14 minutes ago, China said: Whenever I see those things, I'm reminded of the robot dogs in the Black Mirror episode: Well, that just ramped up the creepiness factor, didn't it lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Califan007 The Constipated Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Edited July 23, 2021 by Califan007 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Califan007 The Constipated Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Prepared to be freaked out lol... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bang Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share Posted August 4, 2021 Wow. ~wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Califan007 The Constipated Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Actually the reality of this would be terrifying, not cool lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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