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he book, Shift 2020, explores the future of everything from greentech and health care to 3-D printing and transport. One futurist quoted in the book predicts education will become an “on-demand
service” where people “pull down a module of learning” when they need it. Large bundles of knowledge, as in traditional coursews, will be out. Specific will be in. Another predicts that gamification practices will be
Crop Disease photo Rob Felt/Georgia Tech
incorporated in schools to incentivize children to progress on their own. Source: FastCompany SCIENCE
New Android offers business-friendly features
Diagnosing crop disease
Google’s latest version of Android, has seven new features designed to appeal to the business audience, including extended battery life, better security, improved connectivity, and enhanced notification control. Source: Business News Daily
Farmers typically look for physical symptoms of disease, such as discolored or wilting leaves, to identify threats to crops. By the time these symptoms are visible, however, the plant is already dead or dying, and the culprit pathogen may have already spread to nearby plants. Now, researchers say robots equipped with tiny sensors, each about the size of a 9-volt battery, could detect threats to crops and warn farmers. The goal is to fit sensors on a ground robot that takes samples from plant to plant, providing results in minutes to the farmer. Source: Futurity
For more on this topic see “R2D2 on the Farm?” on page 29.
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