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Researchers have turned pineapple leaves into drone parts

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Submitted by Elsewhere on 2021-Jan-05 Tue 13:30
Researchers have turned pineapple leaves into drone parts
2021-Jan-05 Tue 13:30
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Researchers in Malaysia have found a way to turn fiber from pineapple leaves into material sturdy enough to make drone frames. Professor Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan of Putra University told Reuters that drones built with the material had a higher st...

Nearly €58 mln worth of cocaine found in pineapple shipment

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Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Jul-07 Tue 13:31
Nearly €58 mln worth of cocaine found in pineapple shipment
2020-Jul-07 Tue 13:31
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Authorities working out of Amsterdam and The Hague managed to seize a shipment of 780 kilograms of cocaine, hidden in a container loaded with pineapples from Costa Rica. The drugs had a street value of over 58 million euros. The packages of cocaine were found inside a cooling and storage company in…

'Especially now, offering fresh-cut pineapple cut from a machine is very popular'

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Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Jul-07 Tue 13:31
'Especially now, offering fresh-cut pineapple cut from a machine is very popular'
2020-Jul-07 Tue 13:31
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While the pandemic has brought many changes to all levels of the produce industry supply chain, for Piñabar, the machine that cuts pineapples for consumers inside of grocery stores, the disruption has fortunately been minimal. Michel van Keeken explains: “We saw the initial dip, like everyone did, but we…