Kutanga kwePurdue University-yakabatana iyo inogadzira, inogovera uye inotsigira yakanangana-kune-mutengi, mune-dzimba dzekuchengetera dzimba yakahwina National Science Foundation Small Bhizinesi Innovation Research Grant. SBIR rubatsiro, inokwana madhora zviuru mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu, iri kuwedzera pamadhora zviuru makumi mashanu pakuenzanisa mari kubva kuElevate Ventures yekutsvagisa nekusimudzira basa pamultispectral photomorphogenesis mumakamuri ekurima eeroponic.
Heliponix LLC, yakavambwa naPurdue Polytechnic Institute vakapedza kudzidza Ivan Ball naScott Massey, vanotengesa GroPod Smart Garden Appliance. Iyo idiki-mumba girinihausi yekukura mazuva ese servings yePure Produce kubva kunyoreswa Mbeu Pods. Chishandiso-chakakura dhizaji chinokwana pasi pekicheni kicheni uye chinokura zvigadzirwa gore rese, zvichipa vatengi letisi uye mimwe miriwo iri nyowani uye isina mishonga yekuuraya zvipuka.
Mheni uye tekinoroji
Iyo Lighting Inogonesa MaSystem uye Maapplication (LESA) Center yeRensselaer Polytechnic Institute iri kushanda neHeliponix kupa tsvagurudzo-giredhi, dzakasiyana-siyana, dzinogadziriswa dzeMODmamu uye dzakabatana zvirongwa zvinodzora zvinoenderana nekamuri rinotenderera reHeliponix.
Aya ma module akavakirwa paLESA Center's TIGER horticulture yekutsvaga magetsi emamojuru uye ichapa kutsvagurika kushandisika kunodiwa muChikamu I kugadzirisa mwenje wekuvhenekesa kwe LED pamiti yekukura kwezvirimwa mumashizha emashizha anosanganisira biomass, goho rezvirimwa, zvine hutano uye zvemagetsi.
"NSF inodada nekutsigira tekinoroji yeramangwana nekufunga pamusoro pekuwedzera kwekuwedzera uye nekupa mari mazano ekugadzira, ane simba pamisika yese nenzvimbo dzesainzi neinjiniya," akadaro Andrea Belz, director director weDivision of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships ku NSF. "Nerutsigiro rwemari yedu yekutsvagisa, chero yakadzika tekinoroji kutanga kana bhizinesi diki rinogona kutungamira sainzi yekutanga mune mhinduro dzinogadzirisa zvido zvikuru."
Kuchengetedza chikafu
Massey akati, “Mukumira kwesimba rinowirirana necoronavirus denda rekurima zvirimwa, nekurangarira kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu zvichirangarirwa, pane kudikanwa kwekukurumidza kwekurima kuti kusimbise hutongi hwechikafu. Isu tinotenda zvisingaite nerutsigiro rweNational Science Foundation, Purdue University, Elevate Ventures uye vasingaverengeke maHoosiers avo vakatsigira kutsvaga kwedu kuti tikure kuva purazi rakakura pasi rese kuburikidza nemidziyo yedu yakabatana, smart gadheni inozivikanwa seGroPods isina kana acre imwe chete yenyika. ”
Pane imwe nguva bhizinesi diki rinowana chikamu cheI SBIR / STTR rubatsiro (inosvika kumadhora mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu ezviuru), zvinokodzera kunyorera iyo Chikamu chechipiri ((kusvika $ 256,000 1,000,000 500,000). Mabhizimusi madiki ane chikamu chechipiri cheGrant anokodzera kuwana kusvika kumadhora mazana mashanu ezviuru mune imwezve mari inoenderana nemari inokodzera yechitatu-bato kudyara kana kutengesa.
Startups kana vanamuzvinabhizimusi vanoendesa matatu-peji projekiti pombi vanozoziva mukati memavhiki matatu kana vakasangana nezvinangwa zvechirongwa kutsigira hunyanzvi matekinoroji ayo anoratidza kuvimbisa kwekutengeserana uye / kana kukanganisa munharaunda uye kunosanganisira mwero wenjodzi yehunyanzvi. Mabhizimusi madiki ane hunyanzvi hwekuvandudza sainzi uye tekinoroji mhinduro, uye mikana yekutengesa inokurudzirwa kunyorera. Zvese zvikumbiro zvakaunzwa kuchirongwa cheNSF SBIR / STTR, chinozivikanwawo seAmerican Seed Fund inofambiswa neNSF, inoitwa zvine mutsindo nezvekodzero yekuongorora. Kuti udzidze zvakawanda nezve America's Seed Fund inofambiswa neNSF, shanya www.seedfund.nsf.gov.
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