These Floating Farms Could Be Key to Feeding Future Populations

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Tap a button on your phone and hop into the shower; walk downstairs 15 minutes later, and you have a fresh pot of coffee waiting for you. That’s a ritual that is no longer just a fantasy for many people. The rise of the internet of things has allowed us to control remote appliances with just a tap of the touchscreen. Until now, the scale of these processes has largely been limited to personal devices: anything from brewing a pot of coffee to warming up your car on a frosty morning. But what if we could grow food for thousands of people, with that same tap of a button? That is the goal of Forward Thinking Architecture’s “Smart Floating Farms” project.

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Cite: Patrick Lynch. "These Floating Farms Could Be Key to Feeding Future Populations" 25 Sep 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/773962/are-floating-farms-the-solution-to-our-agricultural-needs> ISSN 0719-8884

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