SPACE10’s Algae Dome Produces ‘the supercrop of the future’
IKEA’s external future-living lab — has erected the ‘algae dome’, a four-meter-high pavilion capable of growing what could be ‘the supercrop of the future’. Designed by architects, the food-producing structure houses a photo-bioreactor, a closed system that enables the high productivity of microalgae, microscopic algae that are typically found in freshwater and marine systems.
It is imagined that in the future, different species of microalgae could be used for a variety of purposes: as a form of nutrient-rich food; as a replacement for soy protein in animal feed; in the development of biofuels; as a way to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere; and as a method of treating industrial wastewater.
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