Buckle up, cuz we are going sky-high! Technology is impacting more and more areas of our lives. Moreover, we experience these changes to occur at a rapidly increasing speed, meaning the number of innovative concepts is growing exponentially. Our basic need for food is a classic examples of how novel trends of an entire industry…
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When Corporate Food Tech marries cheerful Emil
When Corporate Food Tech marries cheerful Emil Tech-enabled food businesses targeting corporate caterings with smart fridges full of tasty and healthy delicacies boom. What if our good food fridge at work knows better what we should eat today? And what if the fridge conveniently serves the whole team from breakfast to dinner nearby the desktop…
Is artificial intelligence (un)biased?
Is artificial intelligence (un)biased? Whether artificial intelligence (AI) is biased or not is mostly determined by its underlying ethics. By definition, ethics is the philosophical reflection of justifiable moral validity claims. This means that there are a few crucial questions that are examined, such as: How should we live? Which purposes and values guide our…
Where will we buy our grocery in the future?
Where will we buy our grocery in the future? Yes, I know Corona sucks and you don’t want to hear about it anymore. But it is interesting how Corona effected our shopping behaviour and how it will look like in the future. As a food technologist I am especially eager to find out more about…
On the Architectonics of Food
On the Architectonics of Food We live in a world of plenty: natural riches and cultural artefacts, human intellect and powerful We live in a world of plenty: natural riches and cultural artefacts, human intellect and powerful technologies. We revel in an abundance of energy and information. Everything is available to us. However, the contemporary…
E-commerce – the land where milk and honey flows?
E-commerce – the land where milk and honey flows? In January 2020, no one would have imagined how this year would challenge us as globalized and interconnected world. How different this year would be and how fast we as human beings would have to adapt to new situations. Curfews, social distancing, home office, empty shelves in…
Does the depiction of the carbon dioxide emission influence our consumer behaviour?
Does the depiction of the carbon dioxide emission influence our consumer behaviour? Before we can ask ourselves the question if carbon dioxide (CO2) influences our consumer behaviour, we first have to dive deeper into the potential effect of CO2 to our planet. When talking about our planet, the climate change or sustainability CO2 emissions are discussed most….
Leveraging the potential of smart food safety
Leveraging the potential of smart food safety Recent technological advances in Digitalization or the Internet of Things (IoT) are called to radically revolutionize the food industry. In this vein, there has been a growing interest in smart devices, digital twins, and artificial intelligence to be utilized in the automation process in food production.Up to this…
The (dis)informed society
The (dis)informed society We are practically on the way from the age of information to the age of disinformation. The importance of experts is getting lost in view of the wide range of experiences available online. In 1966, Karl Steinbuch, a pioneer of digitization, drew a picture of society that will promote ubiquitous information and…
Digital Transformation – Disrupt or be Disrupted!
Digital Transformation – Disrupt or be Disrupted! With the title “Digital is everything. Understand your customer. Win or learn”, Manuel Nappo opened the digital food business week 2021. What will the future look like? This question and the following cover of “The New Yorker” magazine unleashed the first discussion. Will the robots have taken over…
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