A hydrogel could make deserts flourish with crops grown on barren sand. Here’s another futuristic invention that could completely change the future of agriculture in a desertifying world. Substituting an industrially produced hydrogel for soil [...]
A Futuristic Hydrogel to Grow Food on Desert Sand
- May 5, 2012
- A Futuristic Hydrogel to Grow Food on Desert Sand
- Posted by innovation at 12:02 pm
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