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New Product: Hydroponics System
It’s time to design, build and operate a new household-scale production system. The new product will be a hydroponics growing system I’ll use to grow…
Hydroponics: Progress Report Dec 26 2022
I’ve transitioned out of the design phase of the project and into construction. If you’re interested in learning about all the factors that affected the…
Hydroponics: Progress Report Dec 13 2022
Here’s a short progress report that describes the new learning and thinking I’ve done and the new manufacturing capacity I’ve added over the past few…
Hydroponics System: Operations Guide
Note: The first draft of the Operations Guide is worth writing early in the design process. Why is that? Because one of our prime requirements…
Hydroponics System: Master Design
This is the first version of the Master Design for the hydroponics system. This shows all the major components, and how they relate to one…
A Survey of Hydroponic System Designs
Here are several hydroponics designs that others have created. What is your assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of each design? Note that our requirements…
Hydroponics System Requirements
These are the latest requirements for the hydroponics system I’m building. Mandatory Requirements. The system must: Optional Requirements. The system should: These are very rudimentary…
U.S. Energy Sources and Uses – 2020
The U.S. Energy Information Agency publishes an annual two-page report which shows what types of energy we use, and how we use it. This one…
Visiting Mount Stupid
Our society faces several really big problems that are well-discussed and yet not solved. Solving complex problems that affect all of us requires that we…
A Beginning
I perceive our society’s two biggest challenges to be: Environment. Climate change is no longer “in the future”; it’s here. The question now is “who…