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MIT researchers have found a way to check many items instantly, non-invasively, and from a distance—using the RFID tags.
Fadel Adib talks to CBS about a project from the Signal Kinetics group that aims to democratize food quality and safety testing.
News coverage of the RFIQ project
We developed a concept of transformative appetite, where edible 2D films made of common food materials (protein, cellulose or starch) can...
Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks
Seamlessly coupling the worlds of bits and atoms by giving dynamic physical form to digital information and computation
We have developed a wireless system that leverages the inexpensive RFID tags already on hundreds of billions of products to sense potent...
Extending human and computer abilities in sensing, communication, and actuation through signals and networks
Space Exploration Initiative
Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg)
We now have more challenging choices to make than simply whether to be vegan, pescatarian or carnivore, thanks to technology.
Building socially engaging robots and interactive technologies to help people live healthier lives, connect with others, and learn better
Food in space has moved beyond that which is simply developed down on Earth for space purposes. A new food culture will emerge as a resul...
The human experience of food extends far beyond that of mere nourishment. Debriefs with astronauts tell us that food is a key, creat...
An active and passionate community of over 2,500 people spread across 62 countries have rallied around the open source platform.
Simple, scalable wireless system uses the RFID tags on billions of products to sense contamination.
"Food computers" can tell us everything we need to know about what we grow and eat.
OpenAg is committed to changing the way the world thinks about farming and food—and we need your help! As an open source project, we beli...
The OpenAg™ Personal Food Computer is a tabletop-sized, controlled environment agriculture technology platform that uses robotic systems ...
The lush, sweet-acid headiness of an excellent peach, a dark and bitter-tinged escarole, a spicy and perfumed basil leaf: flavor is a bui...
It’s Thanksgiving season again, and the double shadow on our great American food holiday is feast and famine, both. A bounteous industria...
E Short, K Swift-Spong, J Greczek, A Ramachandran, A Litoiu, E Grigore, D Feil- Seifer, S Shuster, JJ Lee, et al (2014). "How to Train Your DragonBot: Socially Assistive Robots for Teaching Children About Nutrition Through Play." In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Edinburgh, UK).
Johnson, Arielle J. "Artisanal food microbiology." Nature microbiology 1 (2016): 16039.
Caleb Harper's TED Talk
The tech-filled greenhouses can adjust growing conditions over and over again until they find the combinations
Sheets of gelatin transform into 3-D shapes when dunked in water; could save food shipping costs.
Caleb Harper is interviewed at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival.