End of Week Reflections
Thank you for joining us on week 1 of our Revolutionizing the Food Chain with Technology course and for all your interesting discussions. Throughout the week we explored precision farming. …
Course: Revolutionising the Food Chain with Technology
End of Week Reflections
Thank you for joining us on week 4 of our Revolutionizing the Food Chain with Technology course and for all your interesting discussions. Throughout the week we explored personalized nutrition; …
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in the Food Industry
In this article Alberto Dávalos introduces virtual reality and augmented reality and how it can contribute to personalised nutrition and consumer engagement. What is augmented reality? Augmented reality is an …
Welcome to the course!
Hello and Welcome to ‘Revolutionising the Food Chain with Technology’, a European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Food course, produced by Queens University, Belfast, KU Leuven, IMDEA and John …
Nutritional Genomics
In 2015, president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, announced that he was launcing the Precision Medicine Initiaitve – a new research effort to revolutionize how we improve …
Digitial Engagement and New Ways of Shopping
In this article, Prof. Alberto Dávalos from IMDEA, introduces digitial engagement and news ways of shopping. What is digitial engagement? Digital engagement is anything and everything that involves a communication; …
Before We Begin
Before we begin week 4 of the course, we would love to hear your thoughts on personalised nutrition and consumer engagemwnt with food. Please reflect on this weeks topic and …
Introduction to Week 5!
Technology and digitalisation can transform the food system, reducing resource use and waste; allowing increased vigilance over food quality, safety and authenticity; improving efficiency and productivity; and connecting stakeholders in …
3D Food Printing
In this Prof. Bart Nicolai professort at the University of Leuven introduced 3D food printing. Bart is a food engineer, and his main expertise is post-harvest technology of fruits and …
Welcome to Week 4!
Hello and Welcome to week 4 of the course. This week we will take a closer look at personalised nutrition and consumer engagement with food. Consumer engagement with food has …
The ASSET Lab
In this video, Professor Chris Elliott from the Institute for Global Food Security introduces the ASSET Lab at Queens University, Belfast. What we would like you to do Please watch …
Introduction to Week 3!
Globally, the food sector plays a significant role in human well-being through the provision of authentic food fit for human consumption. Unsafe food, containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical …
Welcome to Week 2!
Hello and Welcome to week 2 of the course. This week we will take a closer look at how industry 4.0 can revolutionize the food system. Food manufacturing involves a …
NIR Sensors
In this video, Dennis Schrijver from John Deere explains what Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR) sensors are and how they work. The HarvestLab 3000 can be used on a slurry tanker, on …
Introduction to Week 1
Precision farming is defined as innovative farming management practises, which involve observing, measuring, controlling, and optimising agricultural production processes. Precision farming leverages the capabilities of modern technologies, such as the …