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Food Delivery Drones

Food Delivery Drones

The last-mile delivery of food is the most expensive and time-consuming part of the food delivery supply chain. Last-mile food delivery alone amounts to almost 53% of the total shipment cost in the industry. While online food delivery websites have boomed over the last years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, reviews still reflect poor satisfaction …

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Oil and Gas Industry

The oil and gas industry is currently booming with new technologies, and UAVs have certainly made their place within the industry. The technology has found novel uses in the oil and gas industry, ranging from inspection to maintenance of the facilities. What are UAVs? Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are essentially drones and flying robots which …

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Plant Based Meat - WhatNext

Current State of Plant Based Meat Replacement Products

The alternative-to-traditional meat market is entering an interesting feedback loop. External and very diverse factors support this trend: mainly climatic, sanitary and ethical. The latter will be the ones that will end up making governments act in order to prevent cruel situations for traditionally farmed animals. A few days ago, the case of the Vivotecnia …

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Synthetic Biology - WhatNext

Synthetic Biology to help Carbon Footprint in Food Production

The effects of climate change are evident in multiple areas. Even the most skeptical cannot deny the great evidence of global warming, such as coral bleaching – which means a mass death of thousands of benthic organisms such as polyps, which are indispensable for the balance of an ecosystem as complex as the marine one. …

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Engineered Probiotics - WhatNext

Engineered Probiotics & Human Health

The ability of a microbiome to adulterate the physiology of an organism has recently been highlighted. This is due to a dependence generated by a close symbiotic relationship, where commensal bacteria degrade products that our human genes cannot degrade, accelerating and diversifying digestion. In other words, our microbiome is proof of the success of coevolutionary …

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Environmental Compliance using AI - WhatNext

Monitoring Environmental Compliance using Artificial Intelligence

Environment compliance today is not a matter of choice. Increasing global warming, drastic climate change, and even Covid-19: the global health pandemic has forced countries to develop stricter environmental regulations and their enforcement. Non-compliance with these rules and regulations results in hefty fines, cancellation of permits, and sometimes even jail. Based on the nature of …

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