Other robots are still early in development, such as those that rely on computer imaging. “This won’t be an overnight revolution; it might take 20 years for farm practices to change,” says Mr Ghaffarzadeh.

Reviewers say that once you see how effective these things are, you’ll be “buying more to put everywhere.” The Moso natural air-purifying bag is stuffed with bamboo-derived activated charcoal, which absorbs unwanted odors, moisture, and bacteria without harmful toxins or fragrances. Thanks to the modern-looking canvas exterior (and three color options), it’s something that you won’t mind displaying in your bathroom, closets, laundry room, or car.

Increasing the number of students and graduates in horticulture serves the entire horticultural industry. The Seed Your Future project aims to do just that through promotion of horticulture among young people and in academic settings. More than 150 partners are involved, and HRI is pleased to continue support of this work.

The Horticultural Research Institute’s mission is to direct, fund, promote, and communicate horticulture research. Here is a brief look at the projects receiving funding in 2019; watch for more details on some of these on GreenhouseGrower.com.

According to ABB’s Davis, “PdM plays an important role in the evolution of maintenance strategies, moving from reactive to predictive. For low-voltage motors, it was a common practice to run them until they failed and then react to the failure by replacing them because putting expensive monitoring equipment on inexpensive motors did not make economic sense.” With IIoT, the sensor cost has been driven down, and the price of unplanned downtime is high. “It doesn’t make sense not to monitor these assets,” Davis says.

The popular Tuscan-style Italian trattoria Ciao Bella Ristorante at 1514 U.S. 41 in Schererville was closed for a few days early last week, alarming some. Diners showed up to find a darkened storefront and a sign saying it was closed for maintenance.

On a recent morning, a train operator named Philip Dominguez checked the brakes, tooted the horn, and tested the P.A. system. The Canarsie local was ready to leave Eighth Avenue. The conductor, whose cab was in the middle of the eight-car train, closed the doors, and the train accelerated smoothly out of the station, heading east. Dominguez sat in front of two screens that showed the train’s speed, its next stop, its destination. But, because these were C.B.T.C. screens, their overarching message was that there wasn’t much to do: an onboard computer was running the train. The red steel pillars of the station hurtled by, and then the grotty cavern walls of the tunnel, its bare light bulbs and heavy cables telescoping past.

Loup Ventures managing partner Gene Munster compares this next agricultural revolution to the one seen last century, when new equipment, fertilizers, pesticides and high-yield crop breeds sparked an explosion in farm production around the world.

Next year, the company expects to start fielding its harvesters in Florida and California, COO Paul Bissett says. "We’re probably about two years out from full commercialization."

"GRAND OPENING!" Provecho Latin Provisions posted on social media. "Months of dreaming, planning, hard work, and collaboration have come together to bring you Provecho Latin Provisions. Our grand opening will take place Tuesday, March 13th!"

The place has a sense of humor — the menu description of fresh cut fries, for instance, is "you know what these are."

The Mouratides family plans to turn the business over to their two sons, leaving the Highland location to one and the Valparaiso eatery to the other.