We life in a time with unprecedented technological progress and great potential for every individual and for our society. Never before have people had so much access to knowledge, mobility and connectivity. It is estimated that by 2023, 64.4 percent of the world’s population, or 4.76 billion people, will have access to the internet. As a…

The world population is expected to grow rapidly by 2050, reaching about 9 billion. Consequently, the need to increase global food production by up to 70%; however, 50% of habitable land on earth is already being used for agriculture and yields. The remaining are going to decrease according to climate change implications. Here comes Controlled…

Vertical farming is a new and innovative approach to agriculture that utilizes modern technology to address the challenges posed by increasing population, declining resources (water, soil, fertilizer), and changing climate conditions. In this method, crops are grown in a closed building, arranged vertically in levels and under controlled light, climate, and nutrient conditions. This approach…

DeepFood_algorithm_v6.9.4.20() input(“hello?”) >\ 72   101   108   108   111   32   87   111   114   108   100   33 input(“what? who are you?”) >\ I  >\ am >\ advanced >\ algorithm. input(“why do you exist?”) >\ I have been developed at ZHAW to help. >\ I started to see like a baby human. >\ But I will learn faster. >\ Will you connect me to the internet, so I can…

Everyone is talking about Industry 4.0 or even 5.0. Seems like no one can escape digitalization. Just like food producers. The digitalization offers great opportunities – but where there is opportunity, there is also risk. The work of every food processing company is based on data that they secure online and that must be protected…

Did you ever wonder where exactly the food is from your eating right now? And not just that, also how and from whom it is produced, under what conditions do the employees work and so on. When you go to a restaurant or a supermarket these days, most of the time you probably don’t have…

Technology is what you make it. While the term itself derives from the Ancient Greek techné which can be translated to „knowledge on how to make it“, or „know-how“, this knowledge itself is transformed into actual value only at the point of implementation. As we see major talks and discussions about up-and-coming technologies, transformative trends and digital…

Do you know that feeling of being stuck in a creative process? You are thinking about ideas, but you just can’t make the decisive breakthrough needed? There is a website that will help you get your creative juices flowing. It is called DreamStudio and its’ Betaversion can be accessed via https://beta.dreamstudio.ai. On that website, you can…

Imagine strolling through a breathtaking store with beautiful groceries. There is so much to choose from – yet, you can simply advance from one segment to the next without spending more than one second. You find yourself in the veggie section. The textures and colors are incredibly lively and you can even smell the freshness…

Would you like to grap your fastfood without getting in touch with a person? On December 22, 2022, a TikTok video of the first automated McDonald’s in Texas (see Picture) went viral. It shows that the smaller McDonald’s has no human contact staff and seating area. The full service of ordering in the drive-through is now made…