A Japanese prefecture is set to become Asia’s first horizontal spaceport, launching satellites from a Boeing 747 in a method that is quieter, more fuel-efficient, and could bring a major economic boost to the region, A Japanese farming company is using fermentation technology to turn food waste into pig feed as part of a circular food production system, while also developing an app that calculates a pig’s weight and nutritional needs from just a photo.
The Brief #21 Horizontal Spaceport, AI pig farming
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