Targets
Info about specific investigations
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"Lab Mom" | 2023-04-05 | Create a server to receive and manage snitch data. |
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"Snitch App" | 2023-04-05 | Develop an easy-to-access interface for entering new snitch data by hand. |
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"Operating Costs" | 2023-03-25 | Estimate monthly operating costs for a calorie fountain, including power, water, and nutrients, but not including cost of initial construction. |
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"Sanity Check" | 2023-01-02 | Determine whether it is feasible for an indoor farm to be run by one person in reasonable space and produce enough calories to sustain them indefinitely. |
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"Snitchbox Kratky" | 2023-04-04 | Design an automated sensor device to monitor conditions in a Kratky grow tank and report readings regularly to the LabMom server. |
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"Capital Costs" | 2023-03-26 | Create an estimate of all capital expenses needed to build a calorie fountain |
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"Cheaper Nutrients" | 2023-03-26 | Identify a cheaper source of hydroponic nutrient blend equivalent to the Masterblend |
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"Cheaper Power" | 2023-03-26 | Create a sketch of how much alternative home electricity sources is realistically capable of reducing monthly operating costs |
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"Reduce Lumen Loss" | 2023-03-26 | Find ways to harness more of the light we produce. |
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"Brain Pick" | 2023-03-18 | Find an experienced agriculture researcher to act as collaborator or advisor. |
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"Kratky How" | 2023-03-16 | Determine a solid methodology for designing Kratky systems, optimizing plant densities, water volume, and nutrient formulas. |
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"Seaweed How" | 2023-03-07 | Figure out how to grow seaweed indoors |
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"Seaweed Prove" | 2023-03-07 | Demonstrate that seaweed can be grown in a fountain system and still yield a caloric power of 6.9 or better. |
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"MinMax" | 2023-03-04 | Develop code to find an optimal mix of crops based on both nutritional yield and caloric power. |
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"Kratky Tank" | 2023-03-03 | Design and build a Kratky-style research tank with approx 4 sqft of crop space, and environment monitoring gear. |
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"Salsify Prove" | 2023-03-01 | Demonstrate that salsify can be grown in a fountain system and still yield a caloric power of 6.9 or better. |