The Annaboto Part1; Growing Pot At Home With AI

06/17/22 • 39 min

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a huge role in the future of at-home cannabis growing systems, making it easier and more affordable for anyone to grow pot at home with ease. This episode, host Brit Smith and production manager Jen Hayes visit Boston-based company Boundless Robotics to meet the team behind the Annaboto; a new cannabis-growing robot that looks like a household lamp and uses AI to monitor every aspect of marijuana plant growth until it's time to harvest, and the winner of Boston University's 5th annual cannabis start-up competition.
Boundless Robotics CEO Carl Palme explains how the Annaboto was first developed, how the machines are made, and how the AI works to track and grow hydroponic cannabis with the help of an app on the user's phone. Then, Brit and Jen each take home an Annaboto machine to see what it's like to grow marijuana using artificial intelligence, and report back on the experience. Find out more at annaboto.com.
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Talking to Teens Amid Legalization with Dr. Elizabeth D'Amico

Today's teens are the first adolescents to have access to discreet vape pens and gummies, to regularly see billboards for marijuana delivery services, and soon they’ll be the first generation of young adults who can hit the pot shop instead of the bar on their 21st birthdays. So how has legalization affected teenagers’ views of weed? How can adults have ongoing conversations and empower their kids to think about their substance use choices? And how can parents really connect with their teens to discuss the impact of cannabis consumption on young brains?
This episode's guest is Dr. Elizabeth D’Amico, a licensed clinical psychologist and senior behavioral scientist at the Rand Corporation; a nonprofit research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges. She's also an adjunct professor at UCLA’s school of Public Health, and a mother of two who is nationally recognized for her work on predictors, consequences, and interventions surrounding adolescent substance use. Brit and Dr. D'Amico discuss what studies show about cannabis and young brains, how advertising legal weed is impacting teens, and how parents can approach the topic of legal marijuana with their kids.
Read more on Dr. D'Amico's work in this issue of Different Leaf the magazine, available now at DifferentLeaf.com and at more than 1,600 retailers across the US and Canada, find your local seller at DifferentLeaf.com. Follow us on social media @differentleaf and @different_leaf and find host Brit Smith @BritTheBritish.

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Queer Cannabis Club #2; CANN, WeedMaps & Green Qween

For our second check-in with the Queer Cannabis Club, we're looking at how LGBTQ+ owned cannabis companies are setting the tone for true inclusivity this Pride month.
First, host Brit Smith talks to Luke Anderson, founder of CANN infused social tonics, and Juanjo Feijo, Chief Marketing Officer at WeedMaps, to discuss the new CANN x WeedMaps Pride marketing campaign; the iconic new pop song and music video "Taste So Good," featuring an incredible lineup of LGBTQ+ celebs and allies. Watch the video at youtube.com/watch?v=ViNALW35WkE
Then, Brit checks in with Andres Rigal, co-founder of Green Qween dispensary in Downtown Los Angeles, where they're showing others in the legal industry how to support the LGBTQ+ cannabis community year-round. Green Qween stocks its shelves with products made by local queer and BIPOC-owned marijuana companies, they hire low-income and unhoused queer people, they’re helping fund the Downtown LA Proud Community Center, and they’ve got an incubator program to help local queer-owned marijuana brands grow.
Learn more about the Queer Cannabis Club at farnsworthfinecannabis.com/queer-cannabis-club. Buy any issue and find local retailers that sell Different Leaf the magazine at DifferentLeaf.com.
Follow us on social media @differentleaf and @different_leaf, and find host Brit Smith @BritTheBritish. We'll be back in mid-July with our summer season!