A pint-sized Santa Claus, with help from a student-designed robot, deposits gifts down a chimney. The robot was one of four competing in the final project for Professor Harry Asada's Introduction to Robotics class. Photo / Donna Coveney
Good food nation
A map of northeastern cities depicts their proposed “foodsheds,” the areas that naturally supply metropolitan areas with their food.
Photo - Image: Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute, Columbia University
Photo - Image: Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute, Columbia University
MIT researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via ‘foodsheds,’ in which healthier, more affordable food is produced and consumed regionally.
