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This year’s CES Innovation Awards program received a record high number of over 1800 submissions. The announcement was made ahead of CES 2022, the world’s most influential technology event, happening Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas, NV and digitally.
N.THING’s CUBE is an indoor modular vertical farm that does not affect or change the surrounding environment. And now more engineered to reduce using earth resources, it enhances producing clean and safe yields free from pollution and pesticides inside the farm to cultivate sustainably by saving energy and creating a sustainable ecosystem. CUBE is elaborating a decentralized farming solution that can be set up in any city without relying on imports and logistics for easy access to the traceable food supply. Not only for functionality, its design is dedicated to the efficiency but simplicity of productivity in the aesthetic way as a city farm.
They are now running vertical farms in Yongin, Andong, Icheon(will be launched in Jan2022) and an in-store farm showroom ‘Sik Mul Sung Dosan’ in Korea, are planning to expand the farm on a large scale in the Middle East as a result of the successful PoC completion in the U.A.E.
“It is very honourable to be awarded CES innovation awards again and meaningful for us to innovate the value chain further,” said Leo Kim, CEO and founder of N.THING. “Our society coexists with various tastes, CUBE will be the solution that can supply crops of various demands from a single farm within the city. Aiming to cut food miles, labor costs and save earth resources through automation and AI-based solutions, ultimately stepping forwards to the advanced digital transformation in agriculture.” he added.
The CES Innovation Awards program, owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in 27 consumer technology product categories selected by elite panel of industry expert judges, including members of the media, designers, engineers and more, reviewed submissions based on innovation, engineering and functionality, aesthetic and design.
Source: N.THING(Press release)
