Smart Tech Can Help Beekeepers Protect Their Hives

An engineer and beekeeper in New England has developed a system using radar and vibrational sensors to detect when a hive is being robbed by a rival colony, or when some of the bees are about to leave and start their own colony. That should create a buzz among beekepers!

By |2024-12-02T08:25:36-05:00March 24, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Put This Sensor On Your Food And See If It’s Safe To Eat

A sensor developed at MIT uses a set of microneedles to push through packaging and determine whether the food inside is safe to eat, which could prevent food waste and help head off outbreaks of salmonella.

By |2024-12-08T07:57:39-05:00September 17, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

A New Device Can Tell When An Avocado Will Be Ripe

A team of engineering students at Harvard is teaming with a startup called Savormetrics to develop a device that can tell us when avocados will be ripe. It's one step on the way to solving the costly problem of food waste.

By |2024-12-08T07:57:14-05:00July 29, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Even Takeout Can Be Greener, Thanks To Reusable To-Go Containers (Cool Weird Awesome 119)

From now on, the phrase “fast food wrapper” might only refer to hungry MCs.

By |2024-09-03T08:09:29-04:00September 3, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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