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Real World: Food Security – Monitoring Crops from Space (Video)
Discover how NASA’s Earth-observing satellites gather data to monitor food growth. Dr. Inbal Becker-Reshef describes how mathematics is used to interpret satellite data and describe vegetation and crop yield. Dr. Hannah Kerner shares how algorithms and models use NASA data to describe and predict food supply and food shortages. This work through NASA Harvest provides…
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NASA encouraging everyone to grow chile plants after space experiment (Video)
NASA encouraging everyone to grow chile plants after space experiment
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The Future Of Food (Video)
How did we feed humanity’s growing population in the early 1900s? How will we feed our growing population in the very near future? Revolutionary technologies like hydroponics will enable us to feed people wherever they are – whether in food deserts, on the Moon, or even on Mars. In this episode of Future Future, hosts…
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Designing for the Planet (video)
Planet Earth is beautiful, but she’s suffering. We’re polluting ecosystems. Displacing people because of climate change. And we’re seeing species disappearing every day at alarming rates. This needs to stop. In this episode of Future Future, hosts Phnam and Mardis Bagley cover the myths and misconceptions around the word, “sustainability,” and instead advocate for regeneration. Then,…
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6 space technologies we can use to improve life on Earth
Danielle Wood leads the Space Enabled research group at the MIT Media Lab, where she works to tear down the barriers that limit the benefits of space exploration to only the few, the rich or the elite. She identifies six technologies developed for space exploration that can contribute to sustainable development across the world —…
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Unexpected Growth: Tamiko Theil (Artist)
Explore artist Tamiko Theil’s AR installation at the Whitney. Tamiko Thiel’s Unexpected Growth uses augmented reality (AR)—the overlay of virtual elements onto physical reality—to create a parallel dimension of organic growth for the Whitney’s Floor 6 outdoor gallery. Through this work, Thiel highlights the inherent connection between natural processes and the generative qualities of code…
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What is Sustainable Development?
A simple introduction to sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The film is produced by Animaskin on behalf of UN Association of Norway and UNICEF Norway, as part of an interdisciplinary learning program for students on primary and secondary level.
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What Happens to the Human Body in Space?
In the largest study of its kind, scientists are coming closer to understanding exactly how space affects the human body.
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Why the Human Brain Is So Good at Detecting Patterns (Article)
“Over centuries of evolution, humans’ pattern recognition skills determined natural selection. Hunters skilled at spotting prey and predator and telling poisonous plants from healthy ones offered them a better chance of survival than those blind to the patterns. It enabled the survivors to pass on those pattern-friendly genes to future generations.” (Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2015)…
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The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps.
Biomimicry design, explained with 99% Invisible.
