Nhoroondo ye UbiQD Inc., kambani yeNew Mexico-based nanotechnology development, yakazivisa Zvita 2 kuti yakapihwa chikamu chechipiri cheBusiness Business Technology Transfer (STTR) kondirakiti neNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Chibvumirano chemwedzi makumi maviri nemana chinopa madhora zviuru mazana manomwe nemakumi mashanu emari yekutsvagisa nekusimudzira kweUbiQD neUniversity yeArizona's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEAC) kuti ienderere mberi nekuongorora kushandisa madots ehuwandu kugadzirisa huwandu hwechiedza chezuva kuitira kuti zvirimwa zvikure munzvimbo uye. mabasa ekuongorora mapuraneti.
Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2018, UbiQD yaive akatanga kupihwa a Phase I STTR kondirakiti sechikamu chehurongwa hweNASA hwekusimudzira kugona munzvimbo yehunyanzvi hwemuchadenga, kugadzira chikafu, nezvimwe. Chirongwa chakabudirira chakaratidza goho rakavandudzwa rered romaine lettuce. Imwe yemabikirwo akareruka akashandiswa muchidzidzo ichi yaive UbiQD's luminescent greenhouse product, UbiGro, izvo zvakakonzera kuwedzera kwe13% kwehuremu hwakaoma hwemuriwo, pamwe ne8% kuwedzera kwenzvimbo yemashizha.
"Panguva yakareba yemamishini emuchadenga, uko vazivi vemuchadenga vachada kushandisa zvakanyanya zviwanikwa, kuwedzera kugadzirwa kwechikafu nehunyanzvi uhu kunogona kunge kuri 'kuchinja mutambo," akadaro Gene Giacomelli, purofesa we biosystems engineering paYunivhesiti yeArizona uyo. inotungamira basa kuUA-CEAC. "Chokwadi pane chimwe chinhu chakanaka muchinyorwa ichi pamwe nehunyanzvi hwakaitwa neUbiQD. Ndiri pabhiza ravo mumujaho uyu.”
UbiQD yanga ichigadzira ayo quantum dot ekurima mafirimu mushure kuwana mari kubva Breakout Labs muna 2017 kuti uongorore pfungwa. Nekupa zvine mutsindo chiedza chechiedza, UbiQD's new UbiGro firimu rakagadzirirwa kusimudzira kugadzirwa kwemuriwo uye kukurumidza kukura kwechirimwa. UbiQD yakabatana nevekutengesa greenhouses kuisa chigadzirwa cheUbiGro munzvimbo gumi neshanu munyika nhanhatu nenyika shanu dzeUS, kusanganisira mudunhu rayo reNew Mexico. Kukura Mikana, yakavakirwa muAlcalde, NM, iri kushandisa UbiGro firimu kuwedzera huremu hutsva hwegoho rematomatisi, uye kambani kutanga. yakabudiswa data yekutengeserana kubva papurazi iri muna Mbudzi 2019.
"Tinofara kuenderera mberi nebasa redu neYunivhesiti yeArizona neNASA yekuvandudza chiedza chezvirimwa zvakakura munzvimbo," akadaro Matt Bergren, Principle Investigator uye Chief Product Officer kuUbiQD. "Tekinoroji yedu haina kungobatsira chete kupa michero nemiriwo mitsva kune vanotevera nyeredzi pamisheni kuMwedzi kana Mars, asiwo kubatsira varimi vari pano Panyika."
UbiQD ikambani yenanotechnology yakavakirwa muLos Alamos, New Mexico inogadzira yakachengeteka, yepamusoro-soro, quantum dots uye greenhouse zvinhu. Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo ndapota shanya UbiQD.com uye UbiGro.com.
Basa reYunivhesiti yeArizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEAC) nderekuvandudza hupfumi, nharaunda uye magariro ekurima masisitimu ayo anozopa chikafu chemhando yepamusoro kubatsira kudyisa nyika. Mainjiniya uye masayendisiti anotarisa paECA yekugadzira maitiro ekurima mukati megreenhouses, makamuri ekukura, uye mapurazi akatwasuka. Dzidza zvimwe: https://ceac.arizona.edu/
Chirongwa cheNASA STTR chinotsigirwa neSpace Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) uye inotungamirwa kuNASA's Ames Research Center muCalifornia's Silicon Valley. STMD ine basa rekugadzira kuchinjika, kupayona, matekinoroji matsva uye hunyanzvi hunodiwa neiyo agency kuti iite mishoni yazvino neyeramangwana. Dzidza zvakawanda nezveawards: https://sbir.nasa.gov/prg_selection/node/62898.
UbiQD's quantum dot-enabled retrofit greenhouse film, UbiGro, yakaiswa pamusoro pemitsara yemadomasi mukutsvaga greenhouse kuNetherlands. Mufananidzo: UbiQD Inc.