Emerging Technology is a technical mod exploring real-world emerging technologies.

Current Machines

Hydroponic Grow Bed - plant crops on top of this block, fill it with water and add a growth medium to get a growth boost

Hydroponic Grow Light - place above your crops, power it up and add a bulb to boost your crops even more!

Harvester - a robot arm which can harvest and replant crops grown on the grow bed

CO2 Scrubber - pull CO2 from the environment and use it to grow crops

CO2 Diffuser - spray surrounding crops with CO2 for a growth boost

Water Filler - an infinite water source

Nutrient Injector - water not enough? This machine mixes in fertilizer to provide more growth boosts in the grow bed

Shredder - shred plants and old plastic items to produce raw materials for the processor

Processor - process shredded plant matter and plastics into renewable materials

Fabricator - automate the production of plastic components with this 3D-printer inspired machine

Tissue Bioreactor & Tissue Scaffolder - take harmless tissue samples from animals, grow them in the Bioreactor then form them into delicious synthetic meat using the Tissue Scaffolder

Algae Bioreactor - grow algae fast! Use algae as biomass or a tasty snack

Solar Cooker - slowly cooks food items using only the power of the sun 🌞

Waste Collector - clean up the oceans with this block and recycle recovered plastics

Biomass Generator - burns biomass to produce energy

Tidal Generator - harness the power of the sea for some clean energy

Piezoelectric Tile - generate a tiny amount of energy when stepping on this block

Solar Panel - can't have a tech mod without photovoltaics

Solar Glass - collects energy and acts as a transparent window

Wind Generator - microgenerated wind power

Battery - a very simple energy storage block

Guide

Niche Duck has provided a very helpful series of videos covering the main features of the mod (below). If you have any questions or problems, just ask in the comments or make a bug report.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Discord

Join the Discord channel and discuss the mod's development!

Compatibility

Emerging Technology should work with most mods that implement power/water/plants. The following mods have been tested as of latest beta version:

Pam's HarvestCraft
Botania
Mystical Agriculture
OpenComputers (full support)
NuclearCraft
Immersive Engineering
XNET
Thermal Series
Ender IO
AgriCraft (requires some setup)
Dumpster Diving
JEI
CraftTweaker

Configuration

All machines are fully configurable. For more information on adding your own fluid, bulb, growth medium or tissue take a look at the wiki.

Modpacks & Videos

Feel free to use this mod in any modpack or video - no need to ask. If you do create content based on this mod however, please link back to this page so players can report bugs and suggestions. If you feel like sharing what you make, please let me know so I can link to it from here 😁

Recommended modpacks include:

Ad Astra Per Nucleon by Gliese_832_c - A lightweight pack (in alpha with updates) using Nuclearcraft and various other mods which fit together very nicely.

Stay tuned for more updates. Happy growing! 🌱

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