You choose the amount and type of condiments that suit your taste for your omelette at Commodore Hotel Capetown. You just hand over your selection in a little dish to the chef.
CSIRO is researching how to use blockchain to ensure honey does not contain artificial substitutes. Testing has found that almost half the honey samples selected from supermarket shelves were ?adulterated?. This means they had been mixed with something other than the product from bees. The samples tested were all either wholly imported or blends of both imported and locally-produced honey.
https://blog.csiro.au/is-your-honey-faking-it/
Tattoos on fruit are set to replace stickers as farmers seek out environmentally-friendly alternatives to plastic labels. Fruits with printed skins are already on supermarket shelves in Spain, Sweden, and the UK, but in Australia stickers, wax and plastic wrap are still the most common ways fresh produce is branded. Plastic labels are set to become a thing of the past, though, as farmers listen to consumer demand for less packaging.
Among those pursuing alternatives is Rabbits Organics banana farm at Mena Creek in far-north Queensland. http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-09-14/tattooed-fruit-to-replace-stickers-and-plastic-packaging/8943938
French company Lactips has developed a milk-based packaging material that is biodegradable and water-soluble at low temperatures. The packaging film is based on casein ? a protein derived from milk ? and breaks down harmlessly in water or home compost. The film takes three weeks to biodegrade. www.lactips.com
A robot waiter approaches your table at the Robot Magic Restaurant in Shanghai however that is as far as it goes. After diners take photos and videos, regular waiters step in to serve the food. The restaurant is embracing tech for tech?s sake.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/21/technology/china-future-robot-waiters.html?
