Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Fri, 4 Nov 2011 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110909/04255515875/dailydirt-growing-food20.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110909/04255515875/dailydirt-growing-food20.shtml

It probably shouldn't be too surprising that artificial meat grown in a lab has the potential to significantly reduce the carbon emissions of the livestock industry. Getting people to eat cultured meat might be a bit difficult, though. [url]

The company Shelf Reliance sells freeze-dried food that can last indefinitely -- so you can survive underground while the zombies roam the surface of the Earth. Based on taste tests: stick to the freeze-dried fruits and vegetables. [url]

A shrimp production facility in Texas can grow record-setting amounts of shrimp using an indoor system of recirculating water. This technology also avoids the use of antibiotics and could make US shrimp production competitive with shrimp farms in countries like Thailand, India and Vietnam. [url]

Growing vegetables on thin films of hydrogel polymers is a reality, producing commercially sold tomatoes. These thin film farming techniques also seem to work with melons, cucumbers, strawberries, lettuce and paprika. [url]

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]]> urls-we-dig-up http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20110909/04255515875 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110203/13362012953/dailydirt-we-built-this-city-insert-concept-here.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110203/13362012953/dailydirt-we-built-this-city-insert-concept-here.shtml the end of cul-de-sacs and left turns, so here are a few more interesting developments in infrastructure planning.

• Several cities are apparently tearing down freeways and replacing them with tree-lined boulevards. Highway construction used to be a sign of progress. Are information highways taking their place? [url]
• Looking at just a month's worth of data, San Francisco saved about $1M by tracking its street cleaning trucks and re-optimizing their routes. FYI, the Code for America Institute is looking for more data like this that could help cities become more efficient. [url]
• NYC's first sustainable home will include solar, wind, water collection and treatment technologies in a 6-story unit (with a 2-story livable space). So this building will be off the grid, despite being in the middle of one. [url]
• Hate running over potholes all the time? There's an app for that. The Street Bump app automatically reports where potholes are by correlating accelerometer "bumps" and GPS coordinates. (It doesn't actually fix them.) [url]
• If you're looking for more architecture projects, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]  

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