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by ph0rque 11y ago
That is a distinct possibility with plant "inserts"[0] for the vegetable beds, one of the planned innovations I've had in the back of my mind. AutoMicroFarm could sell just the empty media inserts for a reasonable price, and
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by ph0rque 11y ago
Sure, I have no qualms with dropping the open-source label, and opening up the data set. (However, trying to patent the hardware/software might be hard to do, given how much prior art is out there). Do you have any other suggestions on
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by ph0rque 11y ago
My thinking is that the hardware and software will be open source, but not the data. Also, the OS license would allow modifications for the customer, but not for resale. Since the biggest part of the cost will be the "dumb" hardwa
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by ph0rque 11y ago
Thanks for the reply, Sam. To build a monopoly, the plan is to make the product open-source. On the data side, having data about all the different environmental conditions and how they affect plants and fish will also help build a monopoly.
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by ph0rque 11y ago
Hi Sam and Kevin, The potential market for automated micro-farming (backyard farming) is huge, but it will take a long time to to reach its potential. My question is, at what point would AutoMicroFarm ( http://automicrofarm.com&#x
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When robots take our jobs, America will need to learn to respect the unemployed(vox.com)
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Battery Second Use Offsets Electric Vehicle Expenses, Improves Grid Stability(nrel.gov)
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Canopy(investcanopy.com)
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How to Get to the Top 4 on Product Hunt with a B2B Product(junloayza.com)
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Chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage(sciencedaily.com)
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Zymergen Is Buying Up Robots to Mass Produce Materials from Microbes(techcrunch.com)
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At Glowforge, We Pay for Diversity(glowforge.com)
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Amazon’s Next Delivery Drone: You(wsj.com)
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by ph0rque 11y ago
I wonder why they don't compare it to Russia? :)
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SNAP: Design Your Own Furniture(kickstarter.com)
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Keep making things(justinjackson.ca)
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Soylent: Now Shipping to Canada(blog.soylent.com)
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by ph0rque 11y ago
I've seen several articles that tout the benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy as a solution for various issues. Is there a self-guided CBT app out there that one could try out?
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China’s Troubling Robot Revolution(nytimes.com)
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Vietnamese farmers make solar-powered boat(tuoitrenews.vn)
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by ph0rque 11y ago
Did that, checked my bank account, still nothing :(.
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by ph0rque 11y ago
I typed, "make me a millionaire" and it didn't work :(.
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Back to the Roots expands, raises $2M from luminaries(sfchronicle.com)
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Electroloom – The World's First 3D Fabric Printer(kickstarter.com)
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How to Turn Your Most Unhappy Customers into Brand Promoters(groovehq.com)
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Look Who Just Endorsed a Bold Fix for Climate Change [hint: Oil Co's](motherjones.com)
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by ph0rque 11y ago
Agreed. But perhaps we can come up with a general framework for identifying extreme poverty (that's on par with the $1.25/day threshold currently being used).
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3D printer combinations(skmurphy.com)
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by ph0rque 11y ago
What would a robust definition of poverty be? I think you'd have to get away from the concept of money, and define it as a lack of, or a lack of a way to get, any of the following: * shelter * transportation * food * medical care * edu
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A Beehive That Takes the Sting Out of the Harvest(nytimes.com)
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