Lub tsev kawm ntawv Purdue koom tes nrog kev pib tsim, faib thiab txhawb nqa ncaj qha rau cov neeg siv khoom, cov tsev cog khoom hauv tsev tau yeej National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research nyiaj pab. Qhov nyiaj pab SBIR, muaj nqis txog $256,000, yog ntxiv rau $50,000 hauv kev sib piv cov nyiaj los ntawm Elevate Ventures los ua kev tshawb fawb thiab kev loj hlob ua hauj lwm ntawm multispectral photomorphogenesis nyob rau hauv teb aeroponic cultivation chambers.
Heliponix LLC, tsim los ntawm Purdue Polytechnic Institute kawm tiav Ivan Ball thiab Scott Massey, muag GroPod Smart Garden Appliance. Nws yog ib lub tsev cog khoom me me hauv tsev kom loj hlob txhua hnub ntawm Pure Produce los ntawm kev sau npe Noob Pods. Lub tshuab ntxuav tais diav-qhov loj me yog haum rau hauv chav ua noj txee thiab loj hlob txhua xyoo, muab cov neeg siv khoom noj zaub xam lav thiab lwm yam zaub ntsuab uas tshiab thiab tsis muaj tshuaj tua kab.
Teeb pom kev zoo thiab technology
Lub Teeb Pom Kev Siv Hluav Taws Xob thiab Daim Ntawv Thov (LESA) Center ntawm Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ua haujlwm nrog Heliponix los muab kev tshawb fawb-qib, ntau lub spectral, tunable LED modules thiab cuam tshuam cov txheej txheem tswj hwm tau sib xws nrog Heliponix's rotary chamber.
Cov qauv no yog ua raws li LESA Center's TIGER horticulture tshawb fawb teeb pom kev zoo thiab yuav muab cov kev tshawb fawb yooj yim uas yuav tsum tau muaj nyob rau theem I txhawm rau txhim kho LED teeb pom kev zoo rau cov nroj tsuag kev loj hlob ntawm cov nplooj ntsuab xws li biomass, qoob loo yield, khoom noj khoom haus cov ntsiab lus thiab lub zog efficiency.
Andrea Belz, tus thawj coj ntawm Division of Industrial Innovation thiab Partnerships tau hais tias "NSF txaus siab los txhawb cov thev naus laus zis ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej los ntawm kev xav dhau qhov kev txhim kho ntxiv thiab pab nyiaj rau cov tswv yim zoo tshaj plaws, muaj txiaj ntsig zoo thoob plaws txhua lub khw thiab thaj chaw ntawm kev tshawb fawb thiab engineering," said Andrea Belz, tus thawj coj ntawm Division of Industrial Innovation thiab Partnerships ntawm NSF. "Nrog kev txhawb nqa ntawm peb cov peev nyiaj tshawb fawb, txhua qhov kev lag luam sib sib zog nqus lossis kev lag luam me tuaj yeem coj cov kev tshawb fawb yooj yim rau hauv cov ntsiab lus daws teeb meem uas daws cov kev xav tau loj heev."
Zaub mov kev ruaj ntseg
Massey tau hais tias, "Tom qab muaj tus kabmob kis tus kabmob kis mus rau qhov kev cuam tshuam ntawm kev tsim cov qoob loo, thiab rov qab rov qab cov zaub mov muaj kev nyab xeeb, muaj qhov yuav tsum tau ua sai sai rau kev ywj pheej cog qoob loo los tsim kev tswj hwm zaub mov. Peb ua tsaug heev rau kev txhawb nqa ntawm National Science Foundation, Purdue University, Elevate Ventures thiab suav tsis txheeb Hoosiers uas tau txhawb nqa peb txoj kev nrhiav kom loj hlob los ua lub ntiaj teb loj tshaj plaws ua liaj ua teb los ntawm peb cov khoom siv sib txuas, ntse vaj huam sib luag hu ua GroPods yam tsis muaj ib daim av. av."
Thaum ib lub lag luam me tau txais Theem I SBIR / STTR nyiaj pab (txog $ 256,000), nws tau tsim nyog thov rau Phase II nyiaj pab (txog $ 1,000,000). Cov lag luam me nrog cov nyiaj pab Phase II tsim nyog tau txais txog li $ 500,000 hauv cov nyiaj ntxiv nrog rau cov peev txheej thib peb lossis kev muag khoom.
Cov lag luam pib lossis cov neeg lag luam uas xa peb nplooj ntawv qhov project pitch yuav paub tsis pub dhau peb lub lis piam yog tias lawv ua tau raws li qhov kev pab cuam lub hom phiaj los txhawb cov thev naus laus zis tshiab uas qhia cov lus cog tseg ntawm kev lag luam thiab / lossis kev cuam tshuam hauv zej zog thiab koom nrog qib kev pheej hmoo. Cov lag luam me nrog cov kev tshawb fawb thiab thev naus laus zis tshiab, thiab kev lag luam muaj peev xwm raug txhawb kom thov. Txhua qhov kev thov xa mus rau NSF SBIR / STTR program, tseem hu ua America's Seed Fund powered by NSF, tau dhau los ua cov txheej txheem tshuaj xyuas zoo. Yog xav paub ntxiv txog Asmeskas Cov Nyiaj Pab Nyiaj Txiag los ntawm NSF, mus saib hauv www.seedfund.nsf.gov.
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