"Disruption" is a much maligned and overused word these days. Building an app that sends self-deleting text messages is not disruption in my opinion. Neither is finding yet another way of redistributing mobile ad revenues. On the other hand, growing food indoors, stacked vertically with LED lighting as a substitute for sunlight; using 95% less water; without soil, fertilizers or pesticides; in a completely controlled environment where you can collect data on all the micro-env

With over 9 million hogs according to the 2012 USDA Census of Agriculture, North Carolina is the second largest pork producer in the US, accounting for almost $3 Billion in annual sales [1]. The majority of the hogs are concentrated in farms in the southeastern part of the state, in the counties of Duplin, Sampson, Bladen, and Robeson. A logical question that arises from an environmental standpoint is: what happens to all the waste from 9 million pigs? The waste, 15.5 Million

​ In 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a "Smart Cities Mission" with a goal to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and a decent quality of life to its citizens: something that includes a clean and sustainable environment and an application of "Smart Solutions". The focus would be on sustainable and inclusive development in geographically compact areas and to create a replicable model that would act as a lighthouse for other aspiring cities[1]. Not