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Greenhouses of the Future, Growing Food Without Soil | Où se trouve: Lufa Farms

September 10, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Using city rooftops to grow healthy sustainable food.
Learn how Lufa Farms is using technology and automation to grow fresh food daily with no soil, no pesticides, less water and zero waste.
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Montreal is home to many high tech companies and when it comes to the food industry, it makes no exception. Lufa Farms is spearheading the urban agriculture movement by pushing technology to the cutting edge, producing fresh produce right in the city center of Montreal.

In this episode of Où se trouve, we follow Mohamed Hage (CEO of Lufa Farms) and Simon Garneau on an in depth, educational tour of their state of the art facilities. Learn how they are producing vegetables without soil, how they manage pest control without herbicides or fungicides and how they conserve water in a more environmentally sustainable way than a conventional farm.
What’s most impressive, is they’re doing it all on Montreal island, right in the city – so the food they make is delivered to their customers in the best condition and at it’s freshest.

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A Visual Spoken-Word Poem for Peace

September 8, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Good Morning is an abstract film by the production company Already Alive, set to the words of musical artist Kamau. It features the Harlem School of the Arts Kids Dance Ensemble, with an objective of conveying a message of respect. “We’re aiming to inspire viewers to stand up against hate and intolerance in these tumultuous times,” wrote the film’s producer, Jake Paque, in an email. For more information, you can visit Already Alive’s website and Facebook page.

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Can Paint Be an Energy Source for Homes?

September 6, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

The paint on the wall may soon be a source of energy for a home. Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, say “solar paint” will be available to homeowners in the next few years.

It’s a sunlight-absorbing paint developed by RMIT researchers that produces hydrogen fuel from solar energy and moist air. Even a brick wall could potentially be turned into an energy-harvesting form of real estate, says lead researcher Torben Daeneke.

“Our new development has a big range of advantages,” Daeneke told Science Daily. “There’s no need for clean or filtered water to feed the system. Any place that has water vapor in the air—even remote areas far from water—can produce fuel. … This system can also be used in very dry but hot climates near oceans. The sea water is evaporated by the hot sunlight, and the vapor can then be absorbed to produce fuel. This is an extraordinary concept, making fuel from the sun and water vapor in the air.”

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Source: “Solar Paint Offers Endless Energy From Water Vapor,” Science Daily

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Top Home Renovations for Maximum Retrun

September 4, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Blog, Decor, Home Care, Home Remodel

How Sleep Works

September 2, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Most people don’t understand the function of sleep in their bodies and on their minds. Learn more about sleep, particularly why you can’t store sleep, from this infographic!

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Top Movie Houses in Cinema

August 31, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

They’re iconic. They’re https://www.acheterviagrafr24.com/viagra-pfizer/ cool. When they’re really good, they’re as much a part of a movie as the characters. We’re talking about homes from the silver screen.

Whether the film is scary, funny, happy or sad, if they’ve captured our attention, they’ve remained a part of us. Perhaps proving that home really is https://www.acheterviagrafr24.com/a-quoi-sert-le-viagra/ where the heart is.

source: http://www.castironradiators4u.co.uk/uk/infographic-top-movie-houses.php

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The Rise of the Machines – Why Automation is Different this Time

August 29, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Take a watch to see why automation is impacting our job centers.

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How the sound of 80’s music was born

August 27, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Even if you’ve never heard the term “reverb drum,” you’ve heard the effect itself in just about every ’80s song to top the charts.

Phil Collins was playing drums for Peter Gabriel’s album, “The Intruder,” when a mic hung in the studio specifically to speak to the musicians caught the sound of him playing.

As producer explained to Music Radar:
When Phil was playing the drums one day, I opened this microphone to speak to him to hear what he was saying while he was still playing the drums and out came the most unbelievable sound. Everyone went, ‘oh my god’, that sounds incredible. So we go okay, that was the compression on the mic. Then we had the compressors and noise gates in each channel so I said okay, let’s put up some room mics, listen to the drums through those and compress them…

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What Would You Sacrifice to Save For Your Next Home?

August 25, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

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What Makes Things Cool?

August 23, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Although trends might seem completely random, there are well-documented patterns to what becomes popular. A 20th century industrial designer, who created some of America’s most iconic looks, developed a theory of coolness that has been backed up by various scientific studies. Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic, explains the science behind why we like what we like.

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