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Competition win a steppingstone in the greater journey to create sustainable farming
The cucumber plants, their leaves wide and green and veiny, stood tall in neat rows, basking in the Netherland sunlight shining through the glass panes of their greenhouses. Hopes were high for the plants—a bountiful crop in just four months…
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Why Microsoft, Tencent, and Intel are growing cucumbers in autonomous greenhouses
Researcher teams led by employees at Microsoft, Intel, and Tencent are participating in a cucumber-growing competition to operate autonomous greenhouses to explore artificial intelligence applications in indoor farming. Researcher teams led by employees at Microsoft, Intel, and Tencent are participating…
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Indoor vertical farming in Asia and beyond: Digging deep in data
When it comes to farming, Ken Tran digs deep – not in dirt, but in data. He doesn’t drive a tractor and he doesn’t pull a plow. But he is helping to sow the seeds of a new type of…