Monday, January 9, 2012

Japanese 'Dream Project' looking to kill bugs with LEDs, harvest crops with robots

Japanese 'Dream Project' looking to kill bugs with LEDs, harvest crops with robots
No, they aren't harvesting us just yet, but Japan is putting in place a plan that could see automated farms that feature robotic tractors for tilling earth and collecting crops while LEDs keep unwanted pests at bay. It's part of something called the "Dream Project," a four billion yen ($52 million) effort to reclaim some of the farmland that was affected by the March tsunami. An area in Miyagi prefecture, 200 miles north of Tokyo, has been identified and, if all goes according to plan, these machines could start roving in as little as six years. Harvesting tiberium could take a little longer.

Japanese 'Dream Project' looking to kill bugs with LEDs, harvest crops with robots originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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