Inkampani UbiQD Inc., inkampani yokuthuthukisa i-nanotechnology ezinze eNew Mexico, imemezele uDis. 2 ukuthi inikezwe inkontileka Yokudlulisa Ubuchwepheshe Bebhizinisi Elincane (STTR) yeSigaba II yi-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Inkontileka yezinyanga ezingama-24 ihlinzeka ngo- $750,000 wokuxhasa ucwaningo nokuthuthukiswa ngokubambisana kwe-UbiQD ne-University of Arizona's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEAC) ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokuhlola ukusebenzisa amachashazi e-quantum ukuze kuhambisane nokukhanya kwelanga ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukukhula kwezitshalo endaweni kanye imisebenzi yokuhlola iplanethi.
Ngo-Agasti 2018, i-UbiQD yaba kuqala kwaklonyeliswa inkontileka yeSigaba I STTR njengengxenye yomgomo wamasu we-NASA wokuthuthukisa amakhono endaweni yobuchwepheshe bendawo, ukukhiqizwa kokudla, nokunye. Iphrojekthi eyimpumelelo ibonise isivuno esithuthukisiwe se-red romaine lettuce. Enye yezindlela zokupheka ezilula ezisetshenziswe ocwaningweni kwakuwumkhiqizo we-UbiQD we-greenhouse ekhanyayo, i-UbiGro, okuholele ekwenyukeni ngo-13% kwesisindo esomile semifino, kanye nokwanda okungama-8% endaweni yamaqabunga.
“Emikhankasweni yesikhathi eside yasemkhathini, lapho osomkhathi bezodinga ukusebenzisa kakhulu izinsiza, ukukhulisa ukukhiqizwa kokudla ngalobu buchwepheshe kungase kube 'ushintsho olukhulu,'” kusho uGene Giacomelli, uprofesa wobunjiniyela be-biosystems eNyuvesi yase-Arizona. uhola umsebenzi e-UA-CEAC. “Impela kukhona okuhle kule nto kanye nobuchwepheshe obusetshenziswe yi-UbiQD. Ngigibele ihhashi labo kulo mjaho.”
I-UbiQD ibilokhu ithuthukisa amafilimu ayo ezolimo we-quantum dot ngemuva kwalokho ukuthola uxhaso kusuka ku-Breakout Labs ngo-2017 ukuze uhlole lo mqondo. Ngokuhlinzeka ngokuphumelelayo nge-spectrum yokukhanya efanelekile, ifilimu entsha ye-UbiQD ye-UbiGro yakhelwe ukukhuthaza ukukhiqizwa kwemifino nokusheshisa ukukhula kwezitshalo. I-UbiQD ibambisene nezindawo zokugcina izithombo zentengiso ukufaka umkhiqizo we-UbiGro ezindaweni eziyi-15 emazweni ayisithupha nezifundazwe ezinhlanu zase-US, okuhlanganisa nesifunda sayo saseNew Mexico. Amathuba Akhulayo, azinze e-Alcalde, NM, sisebenzisa ifilimu ye-UbiGro ukukhulisa isisindo esisha sikatamatisi, futhi inkampani kuqala ekhishwe idatha yezohwebo kusukela kuleli pulazi ngoNovemba 2019.
"Sijabule kakhulu ngokuqhubeka nomsebenzi wethu neNyuvesi yase-Arizona kanye ne-NASA ukuthuthukisa izinga lokukhanya kwezitshalo ezitshalwe emkhathini," kusho uMatt Bergren, u-Principle Investigator kanye ne-Chief Product Officer e-UbiQD. “Ubuchwepheshe bethu abuzange busize kuphela ekunikezeni izithelo nemifino emisha kosomkhathi besikhathi esizayo ohambweni lokuya eNyangeni noma ku-Mars, kodwa futhi kuzuzise abatshali lapha eMhlabeni.”
I-UbiQD yinkampani ye-nanotechnology ezinze e-Los Alamos, eNew Mexico eyenza amachashazi aphephile, asebenza kahle kakhulu, ama-quantum nezinto ezibamba ukushisa. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe sicela uvakashele UbiQD.com futhi UbiGro.com.
Umgomo we-University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Centre (UA-CEAC) ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zezolimo ezisimeme kwezomnotho, ezemvelo kanye nezenhlalo ezizohlinzeka ngokudla kwekhwalithi ephezulu ukusiza ukondla umhlaba. Onjiniyela nososayensi bagxile ekukhiqizeni kwe-CEA kwezolimo ngaphakathi kwezindawo zokugcina izithombo, amagumbi okukhula, namapulazi aqondile. Funda kabanzi: https://ceac.arizona.edu/
Uhlelo lwe-NASA STTR luxhaswe yi-Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) futhi luphethwe e-NASA's Ames Research Center eSilicon Valley yaseCalifornia. I-STMD inesibopho sokuthuthukisa ukunqamula, ukuphayona, ubuchwepheshe obusha kanye namakhono adingwa yi-ejensi ukuze ifeze imisebenzi yayo yamanje neyesikhathi esizayo. Funda kabanzi mayelana nemiklomelo: https://sbir.nasa.gov/prg_selection/node/62898.
Ifilimu ye-retrofit greenhouse evumela amachashazi e-UbiQD, i-UbiGro, isatshalaliswe ngenhla kwemigqa katamatisi endaweni yokucwaninga ebamba ukushisa e-Netherlands. Isithombe: UbiQD Inc.