Tšimoloho e ikopantseng le Univesithi ea Purdue e ralang, e aba le ho tšehetsa bareki ka kotloloho, matlo a limela a lapeng a hapile thuso ea National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research. Thuso ea SBIR, ea boleng ba $256,000, e tlatselletsa ho $50,000 ka chelete e ts'oanang e tsoang ho Elevate Ventures ho etsa lipatlisiso le mosebetsi oa nts'etsopele mabapi le multispectral photomorphogenesis ka likamoreng tsa temo ea rotary aeroponic.
Heliponix LLC, e thehiloeng ke baithuti ba Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Ivan Ball le Scott Massey, ba rekisa GroPod Smart Garden Appliance. Ke sethopo se senyenyane sa ka tlung ho holisa litšebeletso tsa letsatsi le letsatsi tsa Pure Produce ho tsoa ho peeletso ea Seed Pods. Sesebelisoa sa boholo ba mochini o hlatsoang lijana se lekana ka tlas'a khaontara ea kichineng 'me se hola lihlahisoa selemo ho pota, se fa bareki lettuce le meroho e meng e sa tsoakoang le e se nang chefo e bolaeang likokoanyana.
Leseli le theknoloji
Setsi sa Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) sa Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute se sebetsa le Heliponix ho fana ka li-module tsa LED tsa boemo ba lipatlisiso, tse nang le mefuta e mengata, tse ka sebelisoang le mekhoa e amanang le eona ea ho laola e lumellanang le kamore ea rotary ea Heliponix.
Li-module tsena li ipapisitse le li-module tsa LESA Center's TIGER horticulture horticulture lighting modules 'me li tla fana ka phetoho ea lipatlisiso e hlokahalang Mokhahlelong oa I ho ntlafatsa phello ea khanya ea LED ho mefuta e fapaneng ea ho hōla ha limela ho limela tse makhasi ho kenyeletsa biomass, chai ea lijalo, phepo e nepahetseng le matla a matla.
"NSF e motlotlo ho tšehetsa thekenoloji ea bokamoso ka ho nahana ka nģ'ane ho tsoelo-pele e ntseng e eketseha le ho tšehetsa ka lichelete mehopolo e matla ka ho fetisisa, e nang le tšusumetso ho fetisisa mebarakeng eohle le libakeng tsa saense le boenjiniere," ho boletse Andrea Belz, mookameli oa karolo ea Division of Industrial Innovation le Partnerships. NSF. "Ka tšehetso ea lichelete tsa rona tsa lipatlisiso, qalo efe kapa efe e tebileng ea theknoloji kapa khoebo e nyane e ka tataisa mahlale a mantlha ho fana ka tharollo e sebetsang e sebetsanang le litlhoko tse kholo."
Ts'ireletso ea lijo
Massey o itse, "Ka mor'a ts'oaetso ea seoa sa "coronavirus" e ntseng e tsoela pele holima temo ea lihlahisoa, le sehopotso sa polokeho ea lijo khafetsa, ho na le tlhoko e potlakileng ea ho lema demokrasi ho theha bobusi ba lijo. Re leboha haholo ka tšehetso ea National Science Foundation, Univesithi ea Purdue, Elevate Ventures le li-Hoosiers tse ngata tse tšehelitseng morero oa rona oa ho hola ho ba polasi e kholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng ka lisebelisoa tsa rona tse hokahaneng, tse bohlale tsa jareteng tse tsejoang e le GroPods ntle le ho ba le acre e le 'ngoe. ya lefatshe.”
Hang ha khoebo e nyenyane e fumana thuso ea Phase I SBIR/STTR (ho fihla ho $256,000), e ba e loketseng ho etsa kopo ea thuso ea Phase II (ho fihlela ho $1,000,000). Likhoebo tse nyane tse nang le lithuso tsa Mokhahlelo oa II li lokeloa ho fumana chelete e fihlang ho $500,000 licheleteng tse ling tse tsamaellanang le matsete kapa thekiso ea motho oa boraro.
Ba qalang kapa bo-rakhoebo ba fanang ka morero oa maqephe a mararo ba tla tseba ka mor'a libeke tse tharo haeba ba ka finyella lipakane tsa lenaneo la ho tšehetsa theknoloji e ncha e bontšang tšepiso ea ts'ebetso ea khoebo le / kapa ea sechaba 'me e kenyelletsa boemo ba kotsi ea tekheniki. Likhoebo tse nyane tse nang le tharollo ea mahlale a mahlale le thekenoloji, le bokhoni ba khoebo li khothaletsoa ho etsa kopo. Litlhahiso tsohle tse rometsoeng lenaneong la NSF SBIR/STTR, le tsejoang hape e le Letlōle la Peō la Amerika le tsamaisoang ke NSF, li kena ts'ebetsong e matla ea tlhahlobo e thehiloeng ho boleng. Ho ithuta haholoanyane ka Letlole la Peo la Amerika le tsamaisoang ke NSF, etela www.seedfund.nsf.gov.
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