Robot uses machine learning to harvest lettuce
A vegetable-picking robot that uses machine learning to identify and harvest a commonplace, but challenging, agricultural crop has been developed by engineers.
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July 8, 2019 • ~5 min
July 8, 2019 • ~5 min
Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggests
Hunter-gatherers in the Philippines who convert to farming work around ten hours a week longer than their forager neighbours, a new study suggests, complicating the idea that agriculture represents progress. The research also shows that the adoption of agriculture impacts most on the lives of women.
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May 21, 2019 • ~5 min
May 21, 2019 • ~5 min
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