Just realized that I hadn't shared a ton of project-related news over to this blog. First, the engineering team is finishing designs for 96 plant vertical grow unit. It's a real beauty and construction of the first prototype has already begun at the Columbus Idea Foundry. The prototype costs are being covered with a grant we received from the Human Services Research and Technology Institute. I'll post images as the build progresses.
Also, here's interview I did with The Metropreneur.
A placeholder piece of code has been checked into Git and I've changed the project status from Planning to Alpha. It is a basic Command Language Interpreter for the Arduino. Meanwhile, discussion has begun on evolutionary directions for the main code engine while at the same time some really smart people are working on power management algorithms. I realize that these conversations need to take place here on this site rather than Skype/emails/telecons. The team will begin to shift to that new paradigm soon.
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Over and out,
Tyler