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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

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The UN predicts that by 2050, this proportion will rise to more than two thirds. In early 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting food supply chains across the planet, it was time to double down on the Feeding the City mission. A translocal collaboration is born. Photo: Kina Mama.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Of the sub-verticals in construction that tend to cost the most (structural support like concrete and steel or mechanical and plumbing), not many can be automated because of the complexity of the task. This is an indication that the industry is ready for disruption.

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Mistaking performance for competence

TechCrunch

Consider that to develop a digitally native product like a surgical robot — and bring it all the way through to commercialization — costs will include both the classic and complex medical device innovation needs, but also investment in an entire ecosystem of services, support, training and market development. Fair enough.