Kuyambitsa kophatikizana ndi yunivesite ya Purdue komwe kumapanga, kugawa ndikuthandizira ogula, nyumba zobiriwira kunyumba zapambana thandizo la National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research. Mphatso ya SBIR, yamtengo wapatali $256,000, ikuphatikiza ndi $50,000 pofananiza ndalama zochokera ku Elevate Ventures kuti achite kafukufuku ndi ntchito yachitukuko pa multispectral photomorphogenesis mu zipinda zolima mozungulira aeroponic.
Heliponix LLC, yokhazikitsidwa ndi omaliza maphunziro a Purdue Polytechnic Institute Ivan Ball ndi Scott Massey, amagulitsa GroPod Smart Garden Appliance. Ndi nyumba yaying'ono yotenthetsera m'nyumba yomwe imakula tsiku lililonse la Pure Produce kuchokera pakulembetsa kwa Seed Pods. Chipangizo cham'kati mwake chotsuka mbale chimakwanira pansi pa khitchini ndipo chimakula chaka chonse, kupatsa ogula letesi ndi masamba ena atsopano komanso opanda mankhwala.
Kuwunikira ndiukadaulo
The Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) Center ya Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ikugwira ntchito ndi Heliponix kuti ipereke ma module ofufuza, ma multispectral, osinthika a LED ndi machitidwe owongolera omwe amagwirizana ndi chipinda chozungulira cha Heliponix.
Ma modulewa amachokera ku LESA Center's TIGER horticulture kafukufuku wowunikira ma modules ndipo adzapereka kusinthasintha kwa kafukufuku komwe kumafunika mu Gawo XNUMX kuti kukwanitse kuwunikira kwa LED pakukula kwa zomera mu masamba obiriwira kuphatikizapo biomass, zokolola, zakudya zopatsa thanzi komanso mphamvu zowonjezera mphamvu.
"NSF imanyadira kuthandizira ukadaulo wamtsogolo mwa kuganiza mopitilira zomwe zikuchitika komanso kupereka ndalama zopanga bwino, zogwira mtima m'misika yonse ndi madera a sayansi ndi uinjiniya," adatero Andrea Belz, wotsogolera dipatimenti ya Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships. NSF. "Ndi thandizo la ndalama zathu zofufuzira, kuyambitsa kwaukadaulo kulikonse kapena bizinesi yaying'ono imatha kutsogolera sayansi kuti ikhale ndi mayankho ogwira mtima omwe amakwaniritsa zosowa zazikulu."
Chitetezo cha chakudya
Massey adati, "Kutsatira kusokoneza kwa mliri wa coronavirus womwe ukupitilira pakukula kwa zokolola, ndikukumbukira mobwerezabwereza chitetezo chazakudya, pakufunika kulima demokalase kuti pakhale ufulu wodzilamulira. Ndife othokoza kwambiri chifukwa chothandizidwa ndi National Science Foundation, Purdue University, Elevate Ventures ndi ma Hoosiers osawerengeka omwe athandizira zomwe tikufuna kuti tikule ndikukhala famu yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi kudzera mu zida zathu zolumikizidwa, zanzeru zakumunda zomwe zimadziwika kuti GroPods popanda kukhala ndi ekala imodzi. wa dziko.”
Bizinesi yaying'ono ikapeza gawo loyamba la SBIR/STTR (mpaka $256,000), imakhala yoyenerera kulembetsa gawo lachiwiri la gawo (mpaka $1,000,000). Mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono omwe ali ndi magawo a Gawo II ali oyenera kulandira mpaka $500,000 m'ndalama zowonjezera zofananira ndi kugulitsa kapena kugulitsa gulu lachitatu.
Oyambitsa kapena amalonda omwe amatumiza projekiti yamasamba atatu adzadziwa mkati mwa milungu itatu ngati akwaniritsa zolinga za pulogalamuyo kuti athandizire matekinoloje atsopano omwe amawonetsa kulonjeza kwa malonda ndi / kapena chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso kukhudzana ndi chiwopsezo chaukadaulo. Mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono omwe ali ndi mayankho aukadaulo asayansi ndiukadaulo, komanso kuthekera kwamalonda akulimbikitsidwa kugwiritsa ntchito. Malingaliro onse omwe aperekedwa ku pulogalamu ya NSF SBIR/STTR, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti America's Seed Fund mothandizidwa ndi NSF, amawunikiridwa mokhazikika. Kuti mudziwe zambiri za America's Seed Fund mothandizidwa ndi NSF, pitani ku www.seedfund.nsf.gov.
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