POM

Pollinator & Orchard Management. Curation of insect behaviour to promote non-bee pollination. RCA BioDesign Challenge Winner 2017!

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This video was shot from last nights final exhibition and presentations of the BioDesign Challenge entires from the RCA 2017.

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WE WON!!

This was a supporting video to our Bio Design Challenge entry, it was the winning RCA (Royal College of Art, London) entry, and will be presented at the BioDesign Challenge Summit, MOMA, New York, at the end of June 2017.

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RCA Bio-design: Using Flies to Pollinate Fields Could Transform Agriculture

Royal College of Art

RCA write up about our project and other entries from the college.

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POM Pollinator and Orchard Management

POM is an agricultural technology that encourages flies to be more efficient pollinators, in scenarios where bee pollination is no longer viable, due to declining bee populations. Flies are already inadvertent pollinators, playing a major role in this within cities, and in total, accounting for about 30% of all pollination.

POM works by emitting pheromones from a device to lure groups of flies at timed intervals. With multiple nodes, fly movement patterns can be manipulated so that their behavior can be organized. Giving us the ability to ensure both efficient pollination and fruit harvests in the future.

Project by: Louis Alderson-Bythell Greg Orrom Swan Tashia Tucker Sam Roots