Cyber-compost: the future in recycling
Idea posted January 10, 2010 in Environment + Energy
London, UK
The future in recycling will be through the creation of self-organising systems that mine waste for its raw material value. In the same way that ants are the principle recyclers of organic waste, future cyber-ants will infiltrate land-fills and other waste deposits to “decompose” all inorganic waste.
In the same way that different ant species focus on different organic waste products, so there will be different cyber-ants for each type of waste material (e.g. glass, aluminium, plastic etc) and similarly for the various roles of forraging, cutting, transportation.
Estimated delivery date: 2030
Alex Taylor
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(1)xenium
London UKHere is some interesting technology on robotic movement, inspired by nature: http://blog.ted.com/2007/11/robert_full.php
This kind of technology or thinking maybe relevant for cyber-compost to work.
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