#fly pollination

[flypollination]

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.

[flypollination]

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

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fly pollination on Flickr.

Green Bottle Fly (Calliphora sp.) pollinating a daisy flower. Note the pollen on the legs and body of the fly.