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Doug Packer @DougPacker

Innovator & Pioneer

Joined June 2008
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#bbcyourquestions How much truth is there in the possibility that Corvid-19 may have really come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology?
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Wearable computing steps up a gear youtu.be/RhkgJCtIqK4
AI - from Artificial Insemination to Artificial Intelligence - The Hydroponic, Robotic Future of Farming in Greenhouses wired.com/story/the-hydropon… via @WIRED
AI meets Food Computer - psfk.com/2017/06/food-comput…
That's nearly a dollar's worth per person in the World x.com/SEEDSandCHIPS/status/9…

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#VerticalFarming market is expected to reach $6.4 Billion, globally, by 2023 bit.ly/2vxbXpC #AgTech #FoodInnovation #CEA
Is this really possible and desirable? bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/progin…
Good sentiment - rather like banning nuclear programmes.
World's top AI Co's seek ban on killer robots: What chance unilateral agreement? N Korea? Iran? USA? None! read.bi/2wobCFK via @

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Vertical Farming, Aeroponics etc." take away the uncertainty of weather #agtech
“Ninety percent of all crop losses are due to weather,” says Carrie Gillespie, Agriculture Lead for TWC - But what if you take away weather?
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Billionaires make it rain on Plenty, the indoor farming startup despite others crashing out tcrn.ch/2tgumSl via @techcrunch #agtech

Billionaires make it rain on Plenty, the indoor farming startup | TechCrunch

SoftBank Vision Fund, the huge tech-investment vehicle helmed by Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, has led a $200 million investment into indoor farming startup Plenty. Joining Son are notable tech...

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Ai meets Ag #AI #agtech
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Agtech startup Prospera, which uses AI and computer vision to guide farmers, harvests $15M tcrn.ch/2v3UGU7 via @techcrunch

Agtech startup Prospera, which uses AI and computer vision to guide farmers, harvests $15M |...

Tel Aviv-based startup Prospera has raised a $15 million Series B to expand the scope of its technology, which uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to help farmers analyze data gathered...

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One of the problems seems to be the ratio between tech cost and product price. #verticalfarms
There are many prophets predicting profits from vertical farming, but also many bankruptcies in the wake. bbc.com/future/story/2017040…

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Doug will be arriving in Paris on 9th July and leaving on the 16th. He hopes to catch up with friends colleagues and contacts :-)
I'm looking at Linux Mint 14 with Libre Office! People might say, "So what" or "I'm not interested". However, look at yourself and ask ho…
In Wembury, England after Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai. Now its time to do some real work: A barn to convert! http…coombebarn.com/
A good Amarone is quite hard to beat. However the St Emillion and the Margaux yesterday evening were exceptional
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