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by ph0rque 10y ago
They're not really GIFs, but Alex Andreev has been remaking his image art into animations set to music: http://coub.com/hermetic.art
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Last night, I panicked. I was scared I’d been wrong(medium.com)
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HardwareX is an open access journal for open-source scientific hardware(journals.elsevier.com)
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Solar power is contagious. These maps show how it spreads(vox.com)
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by ph0rque 10y ago
Even better options: "pick a random route" "pick the least-traveled route over the last three months within 50 miles of my location"
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by ph0rque 10y ago
We just recently figured out a way to move forward while bootstrapping, so that's a huge relief for us. However, there are several areas where funding would help us grow a lot faster: * Mushroom media R&D: we can run a lot more exp
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by ph0rque 10y ago
Glad you're interested! What sort of plants are you ideally suited for? Almost everything you grow in a garden can grow in aquaponics. The only limitations are extremes: plants that require a really low pH, such as blueberries, large
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Solar Job Postings Could Beat Oil by the End of 2016 on Indeed(fortune.com)
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by ph0rque 10y ago
As an AutoMicroFarm co-founder, I think you're exactly right: the idea itself is good, almost too good to be true (a concept my boss blogged about: https://medium.com/@snootymonkey/paul-graham-is-wrong-411fe0... ).
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by ph0rque 10y ago
Thanks for the AutoMicroFarm shout-out. We do have plans for software, but that's stage three, when we're trying to achieve stage one. Specifically, here are the stages we have in mind: Stage One: Dumb hardware, such as the mushro
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SpaceX on Twitter: “Planning to Send Dragon to Mars as Soon as 2018”(twitter.com)
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At GE microfactory, old-school manufacturing takes a 180-degree turn(upstart.bizjournals.com)
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A cocktail for putting dents in the universe(m.signalvnoise.com)
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How to Be the Luckiest Person Alive, Again(medium.com)
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4 Men with 4 Very Different Incomes Open Up About the Lives They Can Afford(esquire.com)
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I Have No Idea What This Startup Does and Nobody Will Tell Me(gawker.com)
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There Are No Hard Subjects, Only Missing Prerequisites(scotthyoung.com)
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Seems like a lot of these problems go away if you keep the trees small (i.e. bonsai). Of course, you still have to have someone do maintenance.
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by ph0rque 11y ago
It's a great concept for a tool, but I could never get it to fly at work. Not windy enough for flying a kite? ;)
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Solar power sets new British record by beating coal for a day(theguardian.com)
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A surprising source of techno-optimism: the rust belt(medium.com)
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The farm that grows climate solutions(ensia.com)
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Let a thousand flowers bloom, and all that.
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Currently, our cost to build one system is about $1200, so that comes to a price of $2k or higher. We'd love to donate our products (in terms of 10% of profits, or something) to developing countries, but we first have to get to profita
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by ph0rque 11y ago
Thanks for the questions! We will sell backyard system kits, as well as one-time and recurring peripherals such as fish, fish food, plants and mushroom media inserts (if we get it to work), including inserts with food growing in it already.
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Future Solar Panels Will Generate Energy from Raindrops(sciencenewsjournal.com)
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by ph0rque 11y ago
Thanks Michael!
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Thanks for your comment! Aquaponics actually works better in hotter places. You do need to account for the heat (you'll lose more water to evaporation, and cold-loving plants and fish won't do well), but since a customer in Texas
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Apply HN: AutoMicroFarm – An Aquaponics Farm / Garden for Every Backyard
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We are afraid that when we nanotexture the floor of a shower (or apply a polymer film on top of the tile) that the surface will become a hazard to someone trying to take a shower You mean because it's slippery? If so, don't worr

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