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every year, the IBM presents a list with 5 technological innovations planned for the next 5 years, called “5 in 5” (“5 in 5”, in free translation). These innovations do not only serve as predictions, but mainly as a challenge so that companies and industries in the field can have a base on how to work their future and the future of technology. 2i4s3m
In this year's list, it is possible to note that the main highlight is the food ecosystem. The proposed solutions and presented innovations seek to ensure that there is less waste of resources, of food, and more safety against bacteria and worms in general.
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Jeff Welser, Vice President and Director of the Research Institute of IBM, stated that the fact that they chose to shift their focus from 5 in 5 to a particular type of industry represents a change in the role of information technology for the years to come. Nowadays, it is necessary to think about these problems in a more holistic way, looking beyond some systems and especially ecosystems. In this way, it is possible to arrive at solutions that can be felt by the population in general.
One of the great challenges of this decision is that the solutions involve partnerships with a diversity of professionals, industries, companies and especially the general public. But in the end, issues like climate change and food security become more complex than any other type of follow-up. And so, not even the IBM, which already has a huge and powerful track record of research, can do it all by itself.
1 – Digital twins 1f421z
The first prediction is that in 2024 some real objects may have “digital twins”, that is, a digital simulation of them, which can be manipulated freely without necessarily having to touch the real object. In this case, the focus is that this happens in the sense of creating digital twins of agricultural land, activities and resources. The twins are created through a variety of sensors positioned on these terrains and weather information to create a very accurate digital simulation of the object in question.
In practice, it's as if they were able to take a real piece of land and make an exact copy of it on the computer.
In this way, producers, equipment suppliers, food distributors, agriculture and health departments, banks and any type of humanitarian organizations will be able to access this digital twin and make modifications to it to see how they will affect these lands in practice or even even prepare for future events using the weather data and being able to see in advance how they will affect real locations through digital simulation. It's a quicker and easier solution to increasing crop yields and food security, all at a much less impactful and relatively milder cost to the environment.
2 – Reduction in the amount of garbage 82a2x
The second solution has to do with the use of technology Blockchain (aka “security protocol”) to ensure that people have more food on their plates and especially avoid waste. this technology Blockchain it's a kind of general registry, but where the data is split between several different computers, which makes it more secure. With this, if there was a problem, such as an adulterated batch of food, it would be identified immediately because it would end up affecting the entire data chain.
The objective here is for her to be able to monitor the food from harvest until it reaches the consumer's home and thus be able to know over time what that consumer wants and how to balance the quantities of each food.
Thus, each participant in this food ecosystem will have much greater control over their activity, be it planting, harvesting, ordering or distribution.
This will also be very good in the sense of increase crop yield for farmers, as well as ensuring that these foods arrive fresher for consumers. The company stated that by the end of this century, the population on Earth will have grown in 45%, while arable land will only grow 20%, which makes this concern to make the food ecosystem more efficient even more important.
3 - Genetic mapping of microbes 3h3u30
Microbes form one of the most worrying threats to food workers, bringing contaminations on farms, factories and grocery stores. The forecast in this case is that we will soon be able to carry out the genetic mapping of these microbes and thus, firstly, to understand which ones are healthy and which ones bring this contamination.
This new technique will allow scientists to effectively and completely analyze the genetic makeup of organisms and teach us a lot about the safety of what we consume and how to increase it. This prediction has a lot to do with the next one, because knowing this genetic material, this knowledge can be used as data for technologies that identify them more easily.
4 – Identifying bacteria by smartphone 6wu5q
One of the most interesting predictions is that researchers will be able to create portable sensors of artificial intelligence on smartphones that they are able to detect bacteria, identify them and inform whether they are dangerous or not. That way, people will be able to scan the food on their table and in a matter of seconds find out if there is something that may be contaminated or not.
A IBM it also foresees the use of a vast database on the existing microbial genome to serve as a basis for this analysis and which will only tend to increase its information. This leap is very relevant, since currently this type of test takes days, in which case it would only take a few seconds and using a device that is always at hand.
5 – Creating new plastics from waste 1i22z
The last prediction on the list has to do with the recycling of polyester-type plastics. It predicts that innovations such as VolCat for that. This technology called VolCat allows that through a chemical process, some plastics such as polyester can be digested and transformed into a substance capable of powering plastic-making machines to create new products.
It's practically a way of always renewing the material in a recycling process and, of course, greatly reducing the negative environmental impact that these wastes currently cause.
To learn more about the 5 technological innovations foreseen by IBM, just access the 5 in 5 website this link.
