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A new feature by National Geographic explores why the Netherlands is the world’s No. 2 exporter of food, second to the United States, which has 270 times the landmass of the small Euro-pean nation.

The images, from the September issue of National Geographic Magazine, show how the Netherlands’ innovative agricultural industry aims to feed the world’s growing population, which is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, up from today’s 7.5 billion.

With innovations such as driv-erless tractors and drones that measure soil chemistry, water con-tent, and growth, it’s no surprise that the Netherlands is paving the

way towards feeding the world.The driving force behind the country’s

vast agricultural output is greenhouses. According to the National Geographic, some of these greenhouses cover more than 175 acres of land.

These high-tech output measures began almost 20 years ago, when the Netherlands made a national commit-

ment to sustainable* agriculture with the goal of producing twice as much food using half as many resources.

And farmers have been keeping up with this goal. Many farmers have reduced their dependence on water by as much as 90 percent and they’ve almost completely ended their use of chemical pesticides* on plants in greenhouses.

Livestock producers are taking heed* too. Since 2009, poultry farmers and livestock producers in the country have cut their use of antibiotics* by as much as 60 percent. Dutch farms also lead in seed production — seeds accounted for US$1.7 billion worth of exports in 2016. (SD-Agencies)

Hi-tech drives farming in the Netherlands 高科技使荷兰成世界第二大食品出口国

The makers of the Astro-pad, an iOS app that turns your iPad into a graphics tablet for the Mac, have just announced Luna Dis-play: the fi rst and currently only hardware solution that turns an iPad into a wireless second display for your Mac computer.

Luna Display is a tiny dongle*, not much bigger than the average thumb nail. The dongle then works with an app on your iPad, connecting using your Wi-Fi network to transfer data between the two.

The device allows you to use your Mac directly from the iPad with full support for

external keyboards, Apple Pencil and Apple touch inter-actions including pinching, panning and tapping.

What’s so amazing about Luna Display is that it offers better visual quality than Duet Display, despite not requiring a direct wired connection to work. Its makers say that Luna, unlike software-based solutions, can tap into the processing power of your Mac, allowing for a virtually lag-free user experience and images without glitching, artifact-ing or blurriness. It’s good enough that you can watch videos very enjoyably.

Minor visual eccentrici-

ties aside, Luna Display also performs very well in terms of touch response and interaction. Pinch to zoom and scrolling are both available.

This is a travel and por-tability lifesaver in terms of external display solutions, especially if what you’re aiming for isn’t just a purely functional secondary display, but a quality Retina-capable additional monitor with faithful color rendering.

The team behind Luna is funding the project on Kick-starter, where you can pre-order the device for US$69. Delivery is expected in May of 2018. (SD-Agencies)

Accessory maker Elevation-Lab last week unveiled Eleva-tionDock 4, an iPhone dock for one-handed operation.

Featuring precise adjust-ment to fi t your iPhone and case, it can also charge other devices like iPad, AirPod, Apple TV Remote and Magic Keyboard.

With its stainless steel design, rigid construction, small footprint and a long braided cable, the company said they’ve set the angle back to 18 degrees to make it more comfortable to read and more stable to touch while the phone is docked.

“Full matte* silicone* over-molding not only looks nice, but protects from dings*,” said the company. “And it has a beautiful braided cord.”

Other improvements include the NanoPad underside with two levels of suction to support a wider range of surfaces and a refi ned design that makes docking devices much easier.

All iPhone and iPad models from 2012 onward are compatible* with the dock (excluding the 12.9-inch iPad Pro). (SD-Agencies)

Here comes Eleva! onDock 4支持单手拔插的iPhone底座

Luna Display turns iPad into PC screen

Tesla drivers will soon be able to charge their cars in urban areas.

The fi rm has announced a plan to expand its Super-charger network into city centers and downtown areas in the United States.

To support high usage and accommodate for having less space for the stations, Tesla is also developing a brand-new smaller Supercharger specifi -cally for cities.

“As part of our commitment to make Tesla ownership easy for everyone, including those without immediate access to home or workplace charg-ing, we are expanding our Supercharger network into city centers, starting with downtown Chicago and Boston,” the company said in a blog post.

“Supercharger stations in urban areas will be installed in convenient locations,

including supermarkets, shopping centers and down-town districts, so it’s easy for customers to charge their car in the time it takes to grocery shop or run errands,” Tesla said.

These chargers will be the same price as the current Superchargers, but they will work a little differently.

Each will have 72 kilowatts dedicated to power each car, which means charging speeds won’t be affected if multiple cars at charging at once.

This will result in more consistent charging times around 45-50 minutes.

(SD-Agencies)

Tesla to roll out smaller chargers 特斯拉推出小型充电桩

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