Another Hit to GMOs

MIT Media Lab has developed “food computers” that become the brain for greenhouses. Find out more by watching this installment of The Lempert Report.

The Lempert Report
Aug 11, 2017

MIT Media Lab has developed “food computers” that become the brain for greenhouses. Find out more by watching this installment of The Lempert Report.

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