Otu ụlọ ọrụ mahadum Purdue nwere mmekọ nke na-echepụta, kesaa ma na-akwado ndị ahịa na-azụ ahịa, ụlọ griin haus meriri National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research. Onyinye SBIR, nke ruru $ 256,000, gbakwunyere $ 50,000 na ntinye ego sitere na Elevate Ventures iji rụọ ọrụ nyocha na ọrụ mmepe na photomorphogenesis nke multispectral na ngalaba ịkụ azụ aeroponic.
Heliponix LLC, nke Purdue Polytechnic Institute gụsịrị akwụkwọ Ivan Ball na Scott Massey guzobere, na-ere GroPod Smart Garden Appliance. Ọ bụ obere ụlọ griin haus na-eto eto kwa ụbọchị nke Pure Produce site na ndenye Pods Pods. Ngwaọrụ asacha efere ahụ dabara n'okpuru tebụl kichin ma na-amị mkpụrụ kwa afọ, na-enye ndị na-eri nri letus na akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ ndị ọzọ na-adịghị ọcha na ọgwụ ahụhụ.
Ọkụ na teknụzụ
Enlọ ọrụ akwadoro ọkụ na ngwa (LESA) Center nke Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute na-arụ ọrụ na Heliponix iji nye ọkwa nyocha, ọtụtụ spectral, modulu LED na-emetụta yana sistemụ njikwa mmemme metụtara dakọtara na ụlọ rotary nke Heliponix.
Modulu ndị a dabere na LESA Center si TIGER horticulture research ọkụ modul ma ga-enye ngbanwe nyocha achọrọ na Phase I iji bulie ọkụ ọkụ ọkụ na-agbanwe ọkụ na-agbanwe agbanwe na ahịhịa na-acha akwụkwọ ndụ gụnyere biomass, mkpụrụ ihe ọkụkụ, ọdịnaya na-edozi ahụ na arụmọrụ ike.
"NSF dị mpako ịkwado teknụzụ nke ọdịnihu site na iche echiche karịa mmụba mmepe na itinye ego maka ihe okike kachasị emetụta, echiche nwere mmetụta gafee ahịa niile na mpaghara sayensị na injinia," Andrea Belz, onye isi ngalaba nke ngalaba nke Innovation Innovation na Partnership kwuru NSF. "Site n'enyemaka nke ego nyocha anyị, ịmalite ọrụ teknụzụ ọ bụla ma ọ bụ obere azụmaahịa nwere ike iduzi sayensị bụ isi n'ime ihe ngwọta bara uru nke ga-egbo mkpa dị ukwuu."
Udia nri
Massey kwuru, sị, “Mgbe a na-aga n'ihu nke ọrịa coronavirus na-aga n'ihu na-akpaghasị ike na imepụta ihe ọkụkụ, yana nchedo nri na-agagharị, enwere mkpa ọ dị mkpa ka democratize cultivation iji gosipụta ọbụbụeze nri. Anyị nwere ekele dị ukwuu maka nkwado nke National Science Foundation, Mahadum Purdue, Elelo Ventures na Hoosiers a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ bụ ndị kwadoro nchụso anyị tolitere ịghọ ugbo kachasị ibu n'ụwa site na ngwa anyị ejikọtara ọnụ, nke mara mma nke a maara dị ka GroPods na-enweghị ịnweta otu acre. nke ala. ”
Ozugbo obere azụmaahịa na-enweta onyinye nke Oge I SBIR / STTR (ihe ruru $ 256,000), ọ tozuru oke itinye akwụkwọ maka enyemaka nke Phase II (ihe ruru $ 1,000,000). Obere azụmaahịa nke enyere onyinye nke II nwere ike ịnata $ 500,000 na ego ndị ọzọ dabara adaba na itinye ego ma ọ bụ ahịa ndị ọzọ.
Ndị mbido ma ọ bụ ndị ọchụnta ego nke nyefere ọkwa ọrụ peeji atọ ga-amata n'ime izu atọ ma ọ bụrụ na ha ezubere ebumnuche mmemme ahụ iji kwado teknụzụ ọhụụ na-egosi nkwa nke azụmahịa na / ma ọ bụ mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya ma tinye ọkwa dị egwu. Obere azụmaahịa nwere usoro sayensị ọhụrụ na teknụzụ, yana azụmaahịa nwere ikike itinye akwụkwọ. Nkwupụta niile e nyefere na mmemme NSF SBIR / STTR, nke a makwaara dị ka Mkpụrụ Mkpụrụ America nke NSF na-akwado, na-agbaso usoro nyocha dị mkpa. Iji mụtakwuo banyere Ego Mkpụrụ America nke NSF kwadoro, gaa na www.seedfund.nsf.gov.
Maka ozi ọzọ:
Purdue University
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West Lafayette, Indiana, Njikota Obodo Amerika
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