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.

Aug 11th, 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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