O le amataga o le Iunivesite a Purdue o loʻo amataina ana ata, tufatufaina ma lagolagoina tuusao-i-tagata faatau, i totonu o le fale greenhouse ua manumalo i le National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Grant. O le fesoasoani a le SBIR, e $ 256,000, e faʻaopoopo i le $ 50,000 e faʻatatau i le faʻatupeina mai le Elevate Ventures e faʻatautaia ai suʻesuʻega ma le atinaʻeina o galuega i luga o le photomorphogenesis multispectral i rotary aeroponic growers potu.
Heliponix LLC, faʻavaeina e le aufaʻauʻu Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Ivan Ball ma Scott Massey, faʻatau atu le GroPod Smart Garden Appliance. O se tamaʻi fale i totonu o le fale e manaʻomia ai le totoina i aso uma o le Pure Produce mai le saofaga Seed Pods. O le masini fufulua-lapoʻa masini e ofi i lalo o le umukuka fata ma tupu fua tausaga atoa, maua ai tagata faʻatau ma lettuce ma isi greens e fou ma leai ni vailaʻau.
Moli ma tekinolosi
O le Moli Faʻagaioiga Faʻagaioiga ma Talosaga (LESA) Nofoaga Autu o Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute o loʻo galulue ma Heliponix e tuʻuina atu ai suʻesuʻega-vasega, tele-spectral, mafai ona fetuunai LED modules ma fesoʻotaʻiga faʻatonutonuina faʻatonutonu polokalama talafeagai ma Heliponix's rotary potu.
O nei modules e faʻavae i luga o le LESA Center's TIGER hortikultura suʻesuʻe modules ma o le a maua ai le fetuʻutuʻuga o suʻesuʻega manaʻomia i le Vaega I e faʻaleleia ai le malamalamaʻaga a le LED i le tutupu aʻe o laʻau i laʻau lauusiusi e aofia ai le biomass, fua o faʻatoʻaga, meaʻai i mea taua ma le malosi tele.
"E fiafia le NSF e lagolago le tekonolosi o le lumanaʻi e ala i le mafaufau i talaatu o atinae tuputupu aʻe ma faatupeina aitia e sili ona fatufatu, aoga i soʻo se maketi ma vaega o le faasaienisi ma inisinia," o le tala lea a Andrea Belz, vaega faatonu o le Vaega o Alamanuia Fou Fou ma Paʻaga i NSF. "Ma le lagolagosua a matou suʻesuʻega tupe, soʻo se tekinolosi loloto amata poʻo se pisinisi laitiiti mafai ona faʻatonutonuina saienisi faʻavae i ni fofo anoa e faʻafetaiaʻia ai manaʻoga tele."
Meaʻai meaʻai
Na taʻua e Massey, "I le alualu ai i luma o le coronavirus pandemia o loʻo avea ma faʻalavelave i le galueaina o faʻatoaga, ma le toe manatuaina o le saogalemu o meaʻai, e manaʻomia tele le faʻatemokalasiina o le galueaina e faʻamautu ai le pule silisili ese o meaʻai. Matou te matua faʻafetai lava mo le lagolagoina o le National Science Foundation, Purdue University, Elevate Ventures ma le anoano o Hoosiers oe na lagolagoina la matou sailiga e tuputupu ae e avea ma sili ona tele faʻatoʻaga lalolagi e ala ia matou fesoʻotaʻiga, atamai togalaau meafaigaluega faʻaigoaina o GroPods e aunoa ma le umiaina o se eka e tasi fanua. ”
A maua loa e se pisinisi laʻititi le Phase I SBIR / STTR faʻameaalofa (e oʻo atu i le $ 256,000), e agavaʻa ai ona apalai mo le Phase II fesoasoani (e oʻo atu i le $ 1,000,000). Laʻititi pisinisi ma Phase II foaʻi e agavaʻa e mauaina e oʻo atu i le $ 500,000 i faʻaopopo faʻatusatusa faʻatupeina ma agavaʻa lona tolu-pati faʻafaigaluega poʻo faʻatau.
Amataina pe fai pisinisi oe lafoina se tolu-itulau poloketi pitch o le a iloa i totonu o le tolu vaiaso pe a latou ausia le polokalame sini e lagolago fou tekonolosi e faʻaalia folafolaga o pisinisi ma / po o le sosaiete aʻafiaga ma aofia ai le tulaga o faʻatekinolosi lamatiaga. Tamaiti pisinisi ma fou saienisi ma tekonolosi fofo, ma faʻapisinisi ono fautuaina e faʻaoga. O talosaga uma na tuʻuina atu i le NSF SBIR / STTR polokalama, e faʻaigoaina foʻi o le Amerika's Seed Fund e faʻamalosia e le NSF, o loʻo feagai ma se faʻamalosiʻau lelei-faʻavae iloiloga faiga. Ina ia aʻoaʻo atili e uiga i Amerika's Seed Fund faʻamalosia e le NSF, asiasi i le www.seedfund.nsf.gov.
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