New Products & Services part.5
Pulsed ElectroMagnetic Field Discovery – Nikola Tesla
January 21, 2017
“PEMF is a benefit for Mankind from infant to the geriatric. PEMF will lead to a change in the paradigm of medicine.” Dr. Linus Pauling — Double Nobel Prize Winner
In the past, people have dreamed of what the future might look like. Imagine how people might live in a time when advanced technology provides the solution for today’s health problems. Can you imagine chronic pain due to illness, injury, surgery, old age and the trauma of incurable health problems in the U.S. and indeed the world in 2014 being healed? I would have to say that it was the most horrible untreatable health problems that create a gloomy life for those with health troubles. The key to healing the body and creating wellness is the PEMF advanced secret miracle technology that is revolutionizing the way doctors treat pain. However there are many dissimilar devices available, there is very little information explaining what makes one PEMF device better than any other. We have found numerous confusing numbers and perplexing scientific terms when we endeavored to unearth the real difference among all PEMF machines. You know, the kind of information you find in a sales pitches! That’s why; we are cultivating and researching the PEMF devices, to clear the fog surrounding PEMF devices in the market today!
PEMF is a device which runs on the principle of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. Let’s start here:
Nikola Tesla was the first modern individual to be recognized for manipulating electromagnetic fields for health purposes. His methods and patents in the early 1900s for the Tesla coil were also used for electromagnetic medical devices. The devices back then were extremely large round solenoid coils of wire that would surround the patient while they would stand or lie on a bed. They were energized directly from the 50 or 60 Hz sine wave electrical system. And truth is told the patient would actually experience an immediate relief in pain. Tesla’s methods for electro-therapy were originally embraced by electricians who wanted to commercialize electricity however electro-therapeutic devices eventually fell out of favor with doctors when educators in western medical schools chose to only educate medical students in the use of pharmaceuticals and surgery (a result of the infamous Flexner Report 1910).
Additionally a concerted effort by the pharmaceutical industry to discredit electromagnetic therapy caused it to be branded as “quackery” and electrical medical devices were only to be considered for diagnostic purposes such as X-ray. Tesla’s advances were quickly forgotten. The same could be said of the work of Georges Lakhovsky and his multi-wave oscillator (MWO). By the 1920s, Lakhovsky had clinics all over Europe, delivering his electromagnetic therapy oscillatory, or “vibration” therapy. Lakhovsky’s method was so successful he was approached by several hospitals in New York hoping to test his apparatus experimentally. Remarkable results were obtained from a seven-week clinical trial performed at a major New York City hospital and that of a prominent Brooklyn urologist in the summer of 1941. What seemed like a promising development in the use of the MWO in America quickly faded after Lakhovsky unexpectedly died in New York in 1942 (age 73). A car struck and killed him in a most mysterious manner. His equipment was removed from the hospital and patients were told that the therapy was no longer available. This murder we believe to be Maurice Fishbein (the AMA) and Big Pharmaceutical is in my opinion the reason for this awful act.
You see the pharmaceutical companies and doctors figured out they could make a lot of money “treating” people, not making them well, and then getting someone else to pay for it. They continue to ruthlessly discredit valuable therapies that threaten profits. Although in the countries not under the sway of Big Pharmaceutical companies, like the former Soviet Union, electromagnetic therapy did not die out, but was further developed and is still widely deployed throughout hospitals. Their scientists learned that when magnetic fields are pulsed, the result was considerably enhanced. It covered the innate vibration of a wider range of cells and tissues, Lakhovsky would probably have said. We’re going to go over the basics so you have a clearer understanding of what is really going on during your PEMF treatment. After you know, you may find it’s easier to get a sense of which kind of PEMF device will work best for you. We’ll keep this short, sweet and simple so remember to take mental notes because they’ll help you when we start comparing the different machines.
The first PEMF device was called a ‘lightning’ machine for a reason! PEMF works because it charges up your cells with electricity. Problems that the PEMF treats such as chronic pain can only happen in areas of low voltage in the body. That is, places where the cells are low on energy for any number of reasons injuries, fatigue, and illness. A PEMF machine sends extra electrical charge to those low energy areas using magnetic fields to carry it into the body. Basically, the device send a ‘package’ of energy into the low energy areas – think of the magnetic field as the envelope and the electricity as the message! And when the cells receive that electricity they immediately use it to heal the body – and relief can happen very quickly (within seconds to minutes) depending on the device. PEMF repairs every disease known to man! Today the PEMF industry field has many dedicated clients that are Doctors, Chiropractors, Physical Therapy, Hospitals, Clinics, and Pain Centers and also include many Alternative Medicine consumers as well.
https://techfeatured.com/automotive/12204/pulsed-electromagnetic-field-discovery-nikola-tesla
In the past, people have dreamed of what the future might look like. Imagine how people might live in a time when advanced technology provides the solution for today’s health problems. Can you imagine chronic pain due to illness, injury, surgery, old age and the trauma of incurable health problems in the U.S. and indeed the world in 2014 being healed? I would have to say that it was the most horrible untreatable health problems that create a gloomy life for those with health troubles. The key to healing the body and creating wellness is the PEMF advanced secret miracle technology that is revolutionizing the way doctors treat pain. However there are many dissimilar devices available, there is very little information explaining what makes one PEMF device better than any other. We have found numerous confusing numbers and perplexing scientific terms when we endeavored to unearth the real difference among all PEMF machines. You know, the kind of information you find in a sales pitches! That’s why; we are cultivating and researching the PEMF devices, to clear the fog surrounding PEMF devices in the market today!
PEMF is a device which runs on the principle of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. Let’s start here:
Nikola Tesla was the first modern individual to be recognized for manipulating electromagnetic fields for health purposes. His methods and patents in the early 1900s for the Tesla coil were also used for electromagnetic medical devices. The devices back then were extremely large round solenoid coils of wire that would surround the patient while they would stand or lie on a bed. They were energized directly from the 50 or 60 Hz sine wave electrical system. And truth is told the patient would actually experience an immediate relief in pain. Tesla’s methods for electro-therapy were originally embraced by electricians who wanted to commercialize electricity however electro-therapeutic devices eventually fell out of favor with doctors when educators in western medical schools chose to only educate medical students in the use of pharmaceuticals and surgery (a result of the infamous Flexner Report 1910).
Additionally a concerted effort by the pharmaceutical industry to discredit electromagnetic therapy caused it to be branded as “quackery” and electrical medical devices were only to be considered for diagnostic purposes such as X-ray. Tesla’s advances were quickly forgotten. The same could be said of the work of Georges Lakhovsky and his multi-wave oscillator (MWO). By the 1920s, Lakhovsky had clinics all over Europe, delivering his electromagnetic therapy oscillatory, or “vibration” therapy. Lakhovsky’s method was so successful he was approached by several hospitals in New York hoping to test his apparatus experimentally. Remarkable results were obtained from a seven-week clinical trial performed at a major New York City hospital and that of a prominent Brooklyn urologist in the summer of 1941. What seemed like a promising development in the use of the MWO in America quickly faded after Lakhovsky unexpectedly died in New York in 1942 (age 73). A car struck and killed him in a most mysterious manner. His equipment was removed from the hospital and patients were told that the therapy was no longer available. This murder we believe to be Maurice Fishbein (the AMA) and Big Pharmaceutical is in my opinion the reason for this awful act.
You see the pharmaceutical companies and doctors figured out they could make a lot of money “treating” people, not making them well, and then getting someone else to pay for it. They continue to ruthlessly discredit valuable therapies that threaten profits. Although in the countries not under the sway of Big Pharmaceutical companies, like the former Soviet Union, electromagnetic therapy did not die out, but was further developed and is still widely deployed throughout hospitals. Their scientists learned that when magnetic fields are pulsed, the result was considerably enhanced. It covered the innate vibration of a wider range of cells and tissues, Lakhovsky would probably have said. We’re going to go over the basics so you have a clearer understanding of what is really going on during your PEMF treatment. After you know, you may find it’s easier to get a sense of which kind of PEMF device will work best for you. We’ll keep this short, sweet and simple so remember to take mental notes because they’ll help you when we start comparing the different machines.
The first PEMF device was called a ‘lightning’ machine for a reason! PEMF works because it charges up your cells with electricity. Problems that the PEMF treats such as chronic pain can only happen in areas of low voltage in the body. That is, places where the cells are low on energy for any number of reasons injuries, fatigue, and illness. A PEMF machine sends extra electrical charge to those low energy areas using magnetic fields to carry it into the body. Basically, the device send a ‘package’ of energy into the low energy areas – think of the magnetic field as the envelope and the electricity as the message! And when the cells receive that electricity they immediately use it to heal the body – and relief can happen very quickly (within seconds to minutes) depending on the device. PEMF repairs every disease known to man! Today the PEMF industry field has many dedicated clients that are Doctors, Chiropractors, Physical Therapy, Hospitals, Clinics, and Pain Centers and also include many Alternative Medicine consumers as well.
https://techfeatured.com/automotive/12204/pulsed-electromagnetic-field-discovery-nikola-tesla
10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Greatest Inventor, Nikola Tesla Billed as archrival of Thomas Alva Edison, Nikola Tesla is considered to the greatest inventor to walk on Earth. Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan (now Croatia), Nikola Tesla died a poor man’s death on 7th January 1943. Tesla spent his entire lifetime inventing things but the AC electric supply system stands out as his major contribution to science and our daily life. When he was alive, Tesla remained unrecognized due to his rivalry with Edison but after his death, his reputation and inventions have seen a popular resurgence. In 1960, the General Conference on Weights and Measures introduced the term “tesla” to the International System of Units for the SI unit measure for magnetic field strength.
You may learn everything about Nikola Tesla from various web resources including Wikipedia. But there are some interesting things about Tesla that even Wiki doesn’t know. Here are the 10 interesting things about Tesla that you didn’t know:
1 Tesla was born during a lightning stormTesla was born in Smiljan (now Croatia) during a violent lightning storm. As his mother was having labor pains, the midwife assisting her pregnancy told her after seeing the continued violent lightening that this meant Tesla would be a “child of darkness.” Tesla’s mom had other ideas about Tesla and replied: “No. He will be a child of light.”
2. Tesla thought of wireless internet a hundred years ago in 1901
Tesla was pretty prolific with his inventions but he couldn’t convert all his ideas into one. Wireless Internet was one of them. While developing transatlantic radio, he envisioned a system of collecting information, encoding it and broadcasting that information to a hand-held device. This is the Internet-enabled smartphone that we have today. He wrote in the magazine that, one day it would be possible to transmit wireless messages all over the world.Seth Porges, the magazine’s technology editor, disclosed Tesla’s prediction at a presentation, titled “108 years of futurism”, to industry figures in 2010 in New York.
3. Tesla was an environmentalist
This would elate the greens around the world. Tesla was much concerned about how we were consuming the Earth’s resources and was an advocate of renewable fuel. He researched methods of using natural energy from the ground and the sky to minimize the human impact of fossil fuel consumption. In order to help the environment, Tesla created artificial lightning in his own lab.
4. Tesla was a humanistTesla was a humanist to the core. In those days of black apartheid in the United States, Tesla believed everybody’s equal right to the Earth’s resources. As a humanist, he also tried to improve human conditions without thinking about profits. This is the prime reason that Tesla died a poor man while his competitor Edison was minting money in Wall Street.
5. Tesla was Eidetic: He had a strong capacity for memoryTesla’s memory was eidetic. Which means that he had a sharp photographic memory and recall entire books in great detail. According to studies, he allegedly used his potent imagination to temper the vivid nightmares he had as a child.
6. The U.S. Government has classified Tesla’s possessionsWhen Tesla died, the Office of Alien Property seized all of his possessions.It is said that this was done due to pressure from Edison on the American government. Some of the possessions were eventually released most of his possessions to his family. The family in turn donated a few items to the Tesla Museum in Belgrade. The government is yet to release some of his personal documents more than 74 years after his death.
7. Tesla may have had obsessive compulsive behavior and insomniaTesla was an incurable insomniac and claimed that he needed only two hours of sleepa night. He also got frightening nightmares and would often go without sleep in his lab. Tesla was also obsessed with the number 3, and used 18 napkins (a number divisible by 3) to clean his dining room before eating his evening meals. His strange fixation can be noted from the fact that he detested round objects, jewelry, and touching hair.
8. Edison and Tesla were not arch-rivalsThere is a perception among the science community that Edison and Tesla as bitter enemies, constantly one-upping each other with their latest inventions. But it is pertinent to note that they collaborated in designing direct current generators before Tesla quit to pursue his dream of the alternate current induction motor. It has been said that Edison made him quit but Tesla never acknowledged his enmity with Edison.
9. Tesla had an interesting challenge for renowned author Mark TwainTesla had invented an earthquake machine or a high-frequency oscillator. The oscillator would shake his building every time he started it for experiments. Once Tesla invited Mark Twain to a friendly challenge to Twain knowing about the bovel issues Twain had. Tesla challenged Twain to stand on the platform while the oscillator was switched on. After 90 seconds, Twain quickly dashed off to empty his bowels.
10. You can get free Wi-Fi from TeslaThere is a seven-foot-tall statue of Tesla in Palo Alto, California with a time capsule as well as free public Wi-Fi hotspot for anybody to use. The statue was unveiled in December 2013 after web comic creator Matthew Inman to raised funds for The Tesla Science Center. Inman managed to raise $1.37 million from the IndieGoGo campaign for the statue. It was matched by a grant from New York State and the Tesla Science Center was purchased in May 2013.
/www.techworm.net/2016/12/10-things-didnt-know-nikola-tesla
You may learn everything about Nikola Tesla from various web resources including Wikipedia. But there are some interesting things about Tesla that even Wiki doesn’t know. Here are the 10 interesting things about Tesla that you didn’t know:
1 Tesla was born during a lightning stormTesla was born in Smiljan (now Croatia) during a violent lightning storm. As his mother was having labor pains, the midwife assisting her pregnancy told her after seeing the continued violent lightening that this meant Tesla would be a “child of darkness.” Tesla’s mom had other ideas about Tesla and replied: “No. He will be a child of light.”
2. Tesla thought of wireless internet a hundred years ago in 1901
Tesla was pretty prolific with his inventions but he couldn’t convert all his ideas into one. Wireless Internet was one of them. While developing transatlantic radio, he envisioned a system of collecting information, encoding it and broadcasting that information to a hand-held device. This is the Internet-enabled smartphone that we have today. He wrote in the magazine that, one day it would be possible to transmit wireless messages all over the world.Seth Porges, the magazine’s technology editor, disclosed Tesla’s prediction at a presentation, titled “108 years of futurism”, to industry figures in 2010 in New York.
3. Tesla was an environmentalist
This would elate the greens around the world. Tesla was much concerned about how we were consuming the Earth’s resources and was an advocate of renewable fuel. He researched methods of using natural energy from the ground and the sky to minimize the human impact of fossil fuel consumption. In order to help the environment, Tesla created artificial lightning in his own lab.
4. Tesla was a humanistTesla was a humanist to the core. In those days of black apartheid in the United States, Tesla believed everybody’s equal right to the Earth’s resources. As a humanist, he also tried to improve human conditions without thinking about profits. This is the prime reason that Tesla died a poor man while his competitor Edison was minting money in Wall Street.
5. Tesla was Eidetic: He had a strong capacity for memoryTesla’s memory was eidetic. Which means that he had a sharp photographic memory and recall entire books in great detail. According to studies, he allegedly used his potent imagination to temper the vivid nightmares he had as a child.
6. The U.S. Government has classified Tesla’s possessionsWhen Tesla died, the Office of Alien Property seized all of his possessions.It is said that this was done due to pressure from Edison on the American government. Some of the possessions were eventually released most of his possessions to his family. The family in turn donated a few items to the Tesla Museum in Belgrade. The government is yet to release some of his personal documents more than 74 years after his death.
7. Tesla may have had obsessive compulsive behavior and insomniaTesla was an incurable insomniac and claimed that he needed only two hours of sleepa night. He also got frightening nightmares and would often go without sleep in his lab. Tesla was also obsessed with the number 3, and used 18 napkins (a number divisible by 3) to clean his dining room before eating his evening meals. His strange fixation can be noted from the fact that he detested round objects, jewelry, and touching hair.
8. Edison and Tesla were not arch-rivalsThere is a perception among the science community that Edison and Tesla as bitter enemies, constantly one-upping each other with their latest inventions. But it is pertinent to note that they collaborated in designing direct current generators before Tesla quit to pursue his dream of the alternate current induction motor. It has been said that Edison made him quit but Tesla never acknowledged his enmity with Edison.
9. Tesla had an interesting challenge for renowned author Mark TwainTesla had invented an earthquake machine or a high-frequency oscillator. The oscillator would shake his building every time he started it for experiments. Once Tesla invited Mark Twain to a friendly challenge to Twain knowing about the bovel issues Twain had. Tesla challenged Twain to stand on the platform while the oscillator was switched on. After 90 seconds, Twain quickly dashed off to empty his bowels.
10. You can get free Wi-Fi from TeslaThere is a seven-foot-tall statue of Tesla in Palo Alto, California with a time capsule as well as free public Wi-Fi hotspot for anybody to use. The statue was unveiled in December 2013 after web comic creator Matthew Inman to raised funds for The Tesla Science Center. Inman managed to raise $1.37 million from the IndieGoGo campaign for the statue. It was matched by a grant from New York State and the Tesla Science Center was purchased in May 2013.
/www.techworm.net/2016/12/10-things-didnt-know-nikola-tesla
Nikola Tesla Writings
An Article - Tesla's Oscillator and Other Inventions...
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An Article - Nikola Tesla and His Work (1894)...
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A Collection - Tesla's FBI Files (obtained throigh FOIA Freedom of Information Act)...
tesla1.pdf tesla2.pdf
An Article - How Gravity Works (Not by Tesla, but I thought it was interesting enough to put here)...
http://www.mauricecotterell.com/gravity1.html
Book - Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency...
tesla-experiments.pdf
Book - The Tesla High Frequency Coil...
tesla-high-freq-coil.pdf
Book - Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla...
tesla-inventions.pdf
Happy Holidays!
Bill Anderson
author - Electricity - Make it, Don't Buy it
www.electricitybook.com/tesla-writings
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oscillator9.gif oscillator10.gif oscillator11.gif oscillator12.gif oscillator13.gif oscillator14.gif oscillator15.gif oscillator16.gif
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An Article - Nikola Tesla and His Work (1894)...
tesla-work1.gif tesla-work2.gif
A Collection - Tesla's FBI Files (obtained throigh FOIA Freedom of Information Act)...
tesla1.pdf tesla2.pdf
An Article - How Gravity Works (Not by Tesla, but I thought it was interesting enough to put here)...
http://www.mauricecotterell.com/gravity1.html
Book - Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency...
tesla-experiments.pdf
Book - The Tesla High Frequency Coil...
tesla-high-freq-coil.pdf
Book - Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla...
tesla-inventions.pdf
Happy Holidays!
Bill Anderson
author - Electricity - Make it, Don't Buy it
www.electricitybook.com/tesla-writings
No sunlight, no soil, no problem: Vertical farms take growing indoors
Posted: Dec 28, 2016 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 03, 2017 8:54 AM ET By Steven D'Souza, CBC News
Inside a windowless warehouse once used for paintball, with planes heading to nearby Newark airport overhead, an industrial park in New Jersey seems an unlikely place to find fresh locally grown produce. With LED lights standing in for the sun, and cloth replacing soil, the plants grown at AeroFarms are not your typical greens. "This is fully controlled agriculture and allows us to understand plant biology in ways that, as humans, we've never achieved," said AeroFarms CEO and co-founder David Rosenberg, standing in front of rows of kale, arugula, lettuce and other leafy greens. This is a vertical farm — a facility that looks like it jumped off the page of a science-fiction novel instead of an agriculture textbook. Here seeds are woven into
a mesh cloth made of recycled materials. Trays of plants are stacked one on top of the other in long rows. LED lamps provide the light, while water and nutrients are sprayed in a mist to the roots as they dangle below — a process called aeroponics.
"We give the plants what they want, when they want it, how they want it," Rosenberg said. World's largest vertical farmThe company is currently building what's been described as the world's largest industrial vertical farm, with food grown 12 levels high inside a 70,000-square-foot space, which the company says will produce two million pounds of food a year. It's set to open next year.
The pitch is enticing: locally grown food in any climate, year-round. In AeroFarms' case, they say they use 95 per cent less water, no pesticides and don't produce any of the waste that comes with industrial agriculture. "We can take the exact same seeds that are out in the field that may take 30 to 45 days to grow, [and] we can grow it in 12 to 16 days by creating the perfect environment," said Marc Oshima, AeroFarms' chief marketing officer. Problems with powerIndoor farming isn't a new concept. Farms across Canada are attempting similar concepts, trying to extend growing seasons and bringing fresher produce to colder climates. But critics like Bruce Bugbee, a professor of crop physiology at Utah State University, say using artificial light to replace sunlight is still the biggest problem.
"I know how much electricity goes into the electric lights," he said, adding the cost doesn't include carbon emissions created from generating the power. Then there's the problem of the light quality. "To me, sunlight is still the gold standard for nutritional quality and they're aspiring to get it as good as the crops grown in sunlight," Bugbee said.
Big-ticket investors
Rosenberg says the company is using energy-efficient lighting and only grows the most cost-effective vegetables, focusing on micro-greens, instead of other vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers or other larger produce. Their efforts have won the support of big-name investors, like Goldman Sachs and Prudential, which have provided funding for the more than $30 million US project. One estimate projects that the vertical farming industry will grow to be worth as much as $6 billion US by 2022. With computer models, data points and mechanical engineers working beside plant scientists and crop physiologists, Oshima says the operation is less farm, more tech startup. "We like to think of ourselves as the Apple of farming, so the growing towers are really the hardware, the growing recipes for each of the variety is really the software."
A matter of taste
Another knock against indoor and vertical farms is the question of taste. Can plants grown in unnatural environments replicate the taste and texture of outdoor- and soil-grown plants? To answer that, the company invited Marion Nestle — a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University — to tour their facility. Nestle was a skeptic.
"I rolled my eyes," she said, describing the initial invitation. "Why are we doing this when you can grow vegetables really beautifully in soil? What's the problem all of this technology is trying to solve?" But Nestle says she's now a convert, after tasting samples of the produce AeroFarms sells to local grocery stores, making it available to nearby schools and the community. "They taste a lot better than the microgreens we get in New York that have sometimes been on the road for a week." Whether AeroFarms' crops are as nutritious as traditional produce, Nestle can't say; the nutrients the company feeds its plants is a closely kept secret.
While AeroFarms pitches its methods as a way to disrupt traditional farming, save water and provide access to fresh produce in urban areas underserved by grocery stores, Bugbee says vertical farming — and the more expensive produce it grows — won't solve the world's food problems. "It will provide terrific food for people that can afford it, but they shouldn't be saying they'll save the planet."
www.cbc.ca/news/business/vertical-farms-indoor-farming
a mesh cloth made of recycled materials. Trays of plants are stacked one on top of the other in long rows. LED lamps provide the light, while water and nutrients are sprayed in a mist to the roots as they dangle below — a process called aeroponics.
"We give the plants what they want, when they want it, how they want it," Rosenberg said. World's largest vertical farmThe company is currently building what's been described as the world's largest industrial vertical farm, with food grown 12 levels high inside a 70,000-square-foot space, which the company says will produce two million pounds of food a year. It's set to open next year.
The pitch is enticing: locally grown food in any climate, year-round. In AeroFarms' case, they say they use 95 per cent less water, no pesticides and don't produce any of the waste that comes with industrial agriculture. "We can take the exact same seeds that are out in the field that may take 30 to 45 days to grow, [and] we can grow it in 12 to 16 days by creating the perfect environment," said Marc Oshima, AeroFarms' chief marketing officer. Problems with powerIndoor farming isn't a new concept. Farms across Canada are attempting similar concepts, trying to extend growing seasons and bringing fresher produce to colder climates. But critics like Bruce Bugbee, a professor of crop physiology at Utah State University, say using artificial light to replace sunlight is still the biggest problem.
"I know how much electricity goes into the electric lights," he said, adding the cost doesn't include carbon emissions created from generating the power. Then there's the problem of the light quality. "To me, sunlight is still the gold standard for nutritional quality and they're aspiring to get it as good as the crops grown in sunlight," Bugbee said.
Big-ticket investors
Rosenberg says the company is using energy-efficient lighting and only grows the most cost-effective vegetables, focusing on micro-greens, instead of other vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers or other larger produce. Their efforts have won the support of big-name investors, like Goldman Sachs and Prudential, which have provided funding for the more than $30 million US project. One estimate projects that the vertical farming industry will grow to be worth as much as $6 billion US by 2022. With computer models, data points and mechanical engineers working beside plant scientists and crop physiologists, Oshima says the operation is less farm, more tech startup. "We like to think of ourselves as the Apple of farming, so the growing towers are really the hardware, the growing recipes for each of the variety is really the software."
A matter of taste
Another knock against indoor and vertical farms is the question of taste. Can plants grown in unnatural environments replicate the taste and texture of outdoor- and soil-grown plants? To answer that, the company invited Marion Nestle — a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University — to tour their facility. Nestle was a skeptic.
"I rolled my eyes," she said, describing the initial invitation. "Why are we doing this when you can grow vegetables really beautifully in soil? What's the problem all of this technology is trying to solve?" But Nestle says she's now a convert, after tasting samples of the produce AeroFarms sells to local grocery stores, making it available to nearby schools and the community. "They taste a lot better than the microgreens we get in New York that have sometimes been on the road for a week." Whether AeroFarms' crops are as nutritious as traditional produce, Nestle can't say; the nutrients the company feeds its plants is a closely kept secret.
While AeroFarms pitches its methods as a way to disrupt traditional farming, save water and provide access to fresh produce in urban areas underserved by grocery stores, Bugbee says vertical farming — and the more expensive produce it grows — won't solve the world's food problems. "It will provide terrific food for people that can afford it, but they shouldn't be saying they'll save the planet."
www.cbc.ca/news/business/vertical-farms-indoor-farming
Tesla's Solar Roof To Cost Less Than Normal Roof Says Elon Musk
Nov 18, 2016
Wonderful news for the solar and renewable energy industry keeps coming in. Yesterday, Tesla and SolarCity shareholders approved Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity, with 85% of the voters in favor.
However, the big news of the day came when Elon Musk said that the cost to install their solar roofs will likely be less than a normal roof, even before adding in the electricity savings that will be gained from the homeowner:
“It’s looking quite promising that a solar roof will actually cost less than a normal roof before you even take in the value of electricity into account. So the basic proposition would be, ‘Would you like a roof that looks better than a normal roof, lasts twice as long, costs less and by the way generates electricity?’ It’s like, why would you get anything else?”
A few weeks ago, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s plan for their solar roofs which he presented a couple weeks ago. The plans include four different types, which can be seen in detail here.
Musk also said that the glass tiles can incorporate heating elements that melt snow while still generating electricity. He stated further that such a process wouldn’t be energy intensive to do so, but would be extremely net positive. The four types of roofs are expected to be available in 2017, starting with 1-2 of them from the beginning. Tesla is also planning to unveil the Model 3 in 2017, which will be much less expensive than the Model X and Model S. Tesla’s goal with the Model 3 is to make this type of vehicle available to a wider audience. With good reason too, as renewable energy is experiencing much momentum right now in the world. As we reported four days ago, Tesla made more money in one quarter this year than all U.S. oil companies made together last year. Jointly due to falling oil prices and the global awakening to the need for renewable energy, these oil companies actually lost over $67 billion last year. Additionally, it was announced in the UK recently that for the first time ever, solar power supplied more energy to the UK this summer than coal-generated electricity.
Also, back in September, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea announced plans to create the Asian Super-Grid, which will consist of wind and solar energy to help power those countries, as well as places in Europe, Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. 2017 is shaping up to be quite a year in many different regards. For renewable energy, the year and years ahead look extremely bright. If Tesla can indeed get their solar roof price below regular roofing prices, this will catalyze humanity’s transition into clean, sustainable and renewable energy very quickly. Let’s intend for the best!
http://themindunleashed.com/2016/11/teslas-solar-roof-cost-less-normal-roof-says-elon-musk
However, the big news of the day came when Elon Musk said that the cost to install their solar roofs will likely be less than a normal roof, even before adding in the electricity savings that will be gained from the homeowner:
“It’s looking quite promising that a solar roof will actually cost less than a normal roof before you even take in the value of electricity into account. So the basic proposition would be, ‘Would you like a roof that looks better than a normal roof, lasts twice as long, costs less and by the way generates electricity?’ It’s like, why would you get anything else?”
A few weeks ago, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s plan for their solar roofs which he presented a couple weeks ago. The plans include four different types, which can be seen in detail here.
Musk also said that the glass tiles can incorporate heating elements that melt snow while still generating electricity. He stated further that such a process wouldn’t be energy intensive to do so, but would be extremely net positive. The four types of roofs are expected to be available in 2017, starting with 1-2 of them from the beginning. Tesla is also planning to unveil the Model 3 in 2017, which will be much less expensive than the Model X and Model S. Tesla’s goal with the Model 3 is to make this type of vehicle available to a wider audience. With good reason too, as renewable energy is experiencing much momentum right now in the world. As we reported four days ago, Tesla made more money in one quarter this year than all U.S. oil companies made together last year. Jointly due to falling oil prices and the global awakening to the need for renewable energy, these oil companies actually lost over $67 billion last year. Additionally, it was announced in the UK recently that for the first time ever, solar power supplied more energy to the UK this summer than coal-generated electricity.
Also, back in September, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea announced plans to create the Asian Super-Grid, which will consist of wind and solar energy to help power those countries, as well as places in Europe, Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. 2017 is shaping up to be quite a year in many different regards. For renewable energy, the year and years ahead look extremely bright. If Tesla can indeed get their solar roof price below regular roofing prices, this will catalyze humanity’s transition into clean, sustainable and renewable energy very quickly. Let’s intend for the best!
http://themindunleashed.com/2016/11/teslas-solar-roof-cost-less-normal-roof-says-elon-musk
This wind powered water condenser can pull 11 gallons of clean water out of air each day for drinking
October 12, 2016 By Kris Willis
Say hello to WaterSeer™, this device condenses pure water from the air without power or harmful chemicals. It’s green, sustainable, simple, low-maintenance, easily deployed and fit for any community. VICI-Labs worked with UC Berkeley and the National Peace Corps Association to develop a brilliant device that yields up to 37 liters of pure water a day! A WaterSeer™ Orchard will provide enough clean water for an entire community which is simply amazing and a worth while product to keep working on. This water source that runs 24/7 is exactly what we need to ensure that we will continue to have clean water regardless of any global disasters or catastrophes. Water is easily contaminated these days as we face high pollution level and continue to use oil as a prime energy source (Pipeline Bursts) so to always be guaranteed clean water to survive is just something a human can respect and be thankful for.
WaterSeer™ FAQs:
Q – Does WaterSeer exist, or are these just concepts?
A –The original WaterSeer model was tested as a prototype at the UC Berkeley Gill Tract Community Farm in April 2016. Results were excellent; of the several model tested, all exceeded water production goals. At full scale, the winning model
could generate up to 11 gallons a day! The best of all features were combined in the new prototype . It was finalized in August of 2016 and will be field tested in coordination with the National Peace Corps Association once crowdfunding raise is complete. Your contributions will help us test and finalize the design so that we can move forward!
Q – When will WaterSeer be ready to ship?
A – Our current schedule is to test the new model prototype in the field over the next 6 months. We anticipate shipping the new model within the next year.
Q – How do you know that you will be able to get 11 gallons of water a day from one device?
A – We have run calculations based on the field test data that show that WaterSeer will generate as much as 11 gallons of pure water a day under the arid conditions in the San Francisco area. Actual yield will vary based on environmental conditions; in Virginia, for example, the yield is much greater. What is unique about the new model is it uses the cooler ground reservoir to condense water 24 hours a day, which is 8 times the optimal condensation time as our first prototype. Since WaterSeer uses the difference in the ground and air temperature, which requires no power to achieve, WaterSeer effectiveness is not based on Relative Humidity, as with other, energy intensive, condensation devices. We never stop making improvements, and continuous process improvement is a core competency. Your contribution will help us achieve that goal!
Q – What if the air is polluted? Will the water also be polluted?
A – Great Question! The water that condenses from the air using WaterSeer is pure, distilled water without impurities. It is cleaner than rain water, which catches particulates as it falls to the ground. As pure, distilled water, it is cleaner than tap water without any additives, impurities, or chemicals of any kind.
Q – How will the device be cleaned? How will you keep debris and insects out of the water?
A – In the current design concept, we use a filter to keep debris and insects from falling into the device. The WaterSeer condensation chamber below ground is inserted in a sleeve so it is easily removable for inspection and cleaning. Field tests showed the water collected to be virtually free of particulates over a one week period, and cleaner than rain water in terms of pollutants and pathogens.
Q – Why haven’t projects or devices like this succeeded in the past? What makes WaterSeer different?
A – Previous solutions based on condensation use a great deal of energy, usually in the form of diesel-powered compressors and evaporators. They are basically big air conditioners. Some use powerful and dangerous chemicals that can damage the immediate environment. They are also difficult to move, require high technical skills to operate, and expensive to operate and maintain. WaterSeer uses no power or chemicals of any kind. It is completely non-polluting and its simple construction is inexpensive and maintenance free.
Q – Why not simply dig a well to get water where people live?
A – Where people need water is rarely the best location for a well; in fact, most locations are completely unsuitable for ground water wells. In addition, good water is frequently including high mineral content, in some cases are very harmful levels.
Well water purity is changeable, the maintenance is expensive, and sustaining a ground water well frequently requires specialized technical skills to operate and maintain. WaterSeer, by contrast, can be installed anywhere.
Q – If I give $134, or more, will I receive a WaterSeer device, once they are fully designed and manufactured?
A – Yes. Your contribution of $134 or more is a registered pre-order. You order will be filled following the first manufacturing run.
Q – You list the National Peace Corps Association as a partner. What role are they playing in this project?
A – The NPCA has been involved in the development of WaterSeer since the initial testing in April 2016 at UC Berkley, and they have agreed to coordinate field testing of WaterSeer in targeted emerging economies in the coming year. NPCA and VICI Labs have a formal agreement to promote NPCA member entrepreneurs and to facilitate the development of NPCA member innovations.
www.letsraiseawareness.org/wind-powered-water-condenser-can-pull-11-gallons-clean-water-air-day-drinking
WaterSeer™ FAQs:
Q – Does WaterSeer exist, or are these just concepts?
A –The original WaterSeer model was tested as a prototype at the UC Berkeley Gill Tract Community Farm in April 2016. Results were excellent; of the several model tested, all exceeded water production goals. At full scale, the winning model
could generate up to 11 gallons a day! The best of all features were combined in the new prototype . It was finalized in August of 2016 and will be field tested in coordination with the National Peace Corps Association once crowdfunding raise is complete. Your contributions will help us test and finalize the design so that we can move forward!
Q – When will WaterSeer be ready to ship?
A – Our current schedule is to test the new model prototype in the field over the next 6 months. We anticipate shipping the new model within the next year.
Q – How do you know that you will be able to get 11 gallons of water a day from one device?
A – We have run calculations based on the field test data that show that WaterSeer will generate as much as 11 gallons of pure water a day under the arid conditions in the San Francisco area. Actual yield will vary based on environmental conditions; in Virginia, for example, the yield is much greater. What is unique about the new model is it uses the cooler ground reservoir to condense water 24 hours a day, which is 8 times the optimal condensation time as our first prototype. Since WaterSeer uses the difference in the ground and air temperature, which requires no power to achieve, WaterSeer effectiveness is not based on Relative Humidity, as with other, energy intensive, condensation devices. We never stop making improvements, and continuous process improvement is a core competency. Your contribution will help us achieve that goal!
Q – What if the air is polluted? Will the water also be polluted?
A – Great Question! The water that condenses from the air using WaterSeer is pure, distilled water without impurities. It is cleaner than rain water, which catches particulates as it falls to the ground. As pure, distilled water, it is cleaner than tap water without any additives, impurities, or chemicals of any kind.
Q – How will the device be cleaned? How will you keep debris and insects out of the water?
A – In the current design concept, we use a filter to keep debris and insects from falling into the device. The WaterSeer condensation chamber below ground is inserted in a sleeve so it is easily removable for inspection and cleaning. Field tests showed the water collected to be virtually free of particulates over a one week period, and cleaner than rain water in terms of pollutants and pathogens.
Q – Why haven’t projects or devices like this succeeded in the past? What makes WaterSeer different?
A – Previous solutions based on condensation use a great deal of energy, usually in the form of diesel-powered compressors and evaporators. They are basically big air conditioners. Some use powerful and dangerous chemicals that can damage the immediate environment. They are also difficult to move, require high technical skills to operate, and expensive to operate and maintain. WaterSeer uses no power or chemicals of any kind. It is completely non-polluting and its simple construction is inexpensive and maintenance free.
Q – Why not simply dig a well to get water where people live?
A – Where people need water is rarely the best location for a well; in fact, most locations are completely unsuitable for ground water wells. In addition, good water is frequently including high mineral content, in some cases are very harmful levels.
Well water purity is changeable, the maintenance is expensive, and sustaining a ground water well frequently requires specialized technical skills to operate and maintain. WaterSeer, by contrast, can be installed anywhere.
Q – If I give $134, or more, will I receive a WaterSeer device, once they are fully designed and manufactured?
A – Yes. Your contribution of $134 or more is a registered pre-order. You order will be filled following the first manufacturing run.
Q – You list the National Peace Corps Association as a partner. What role are they playing in this project?
A – The NPCA has been involved in the development of WaterSeer since the initial testing in April 2016 at UC Berkley, and they have agreed to coordinate field testing of WaterSeer in targeted emerging economies in the coming year. NPCA and VICI Labs have a formal agreement to promote NPCA member entrepreneurs and to facilitate the development of NPCA member innovations.
www.letsraiseawareness.org/wind-powered-water-condenser-can-pull-11-gallons-clean-water-air-day-drinking
FarmBot Will Grow Your Food For You; Just Press Go
By Andrew J. O'Keefe II - Aug 26, 2016
What if you could grow food in your backyard with little to no understanding of gardening? A new robotic system may make this a reality for everybody. Farmbot Genesis is an open source, autonomous farming system that is supposed to fit virtually anyone’s backyard, greenhouse or rooftop. The makers of FarmBot Genesis say it’s as easy to set up as furniture from IKEA and controllable with most devices. All you need is an ability to follow directions, an active internet connection, a power source, and water. Built with DIY in mind, all the parts are interchangeable and easy to find. You can even custom create parts via 3D printing. Advanced modification and scalability are encouraged. For example, you can mount lighting to FarmBot, and the built-in power source can be adjusted to support off-the-grid farming when minimal electricity is available.
Sensors make it possible to leverage real-time data about soil. Additionally a camera monitors plant health—when it detects weeds, it removes them autonomously. Offering a huge list of mods and add-ons—from rainwater collection to compost to resource management—there’s a lot of customization possible. Besides the tech itself, the device incorporates weather and plant data online. Using OpenFarm, an open-source database for farming, a gardener can choose a growing guide for whatever crops they desire (and even create guides themselves). After selecting the growing guide and providing seeds, FarmBot does the rest. Yet one critically important feature is missing: insect and critter management. Perhaps a later iteration or user-created add-on will address this in the future.
Imagining a Farmbot future, Brad Templeton writes: “For the non-gardening gardener, you would just order cartridges online with seeds, nutrients or weed killer, plug them in and let it run. Then eat whatever is at the peak of flavor. The app could also arrange trading with neighbors — everybody likes being generous to neighbors with home produce.” To date, agricultural automation has mostly been aimed at industrial farming. FarmBot, however, targets small-scale or urban farmers. It’s a way for the inexperienced to get in on the game too much as hydroponics has helped people break into gardening. “We want to empower people to grow their own food, so confusing them with advanced mechanics is not the way to get there,” said Rory Aronson, co-founder of FarmBot in an interview with AgFunderNews. “We are focused on anyone who wants to grow food in a way that requires less energy, less transportation, and hopefully less water and time.” It’s a great idea, but FarmBot’s success will be demonstrated once it hits backyards. Pre-orders should ship by early 2017. If there are no delays or other complications, we should hear first-hand reports of FarmBot by the spring growing season.
https://singularityhub.com/2016/08/26/farmbot-will-grow-your-food-for-you-just-press-go
Sensors make it possible to leverage real-time data about soil. Additionally a camera monitors plant health—when it detects weeds, it removes them autonomously. Offering a huge list of mods and add-ons—from rainwater collection to compost to resource management—there’s a lot of customization possible. Besides the tech itself, the device incorporates weather and plant data online. Using OpenFarm, an open-source database for farming, a gardener can choose a growing guide for whatever crops they desire (and even create guides themselves). After selecting the growing guide and providing seeds, FarmBot does the rest. Yet one critically important feature is missing: insect and critter management. Perhaps a later iteration or user-created add-on will address this in the future.
Imagining a Farmbot future, Brad Templeton writes: “For the non-gardening gardener, you would just order cartridges online with seeds, nutrients or weed killer, plug them in and let it run. Then eat whatever is at the peak of flavor. The app could also arrange trading with neighbors — everybody likes being generous to neighbors with home produce.” To date, agricultural automation has mostly been aimed at industrial farming. FarmBot, however, targets small-scale or urban farmers. It’s a way for the inexperienced to get in on the game too much as hydroponics has helped people break into gardening. “We want to empower people to grow their own food, so confusing them with advanced mechanics is not the way to get there,” said Rory Aronson, co-founder of FarmBot in an interview with AgFunderNews. “We are focused on anyone who wants to grow food in a way that requires less energy, less transportation, and hopefully less water and time.” It’s a great idea, but FarmBot’s success will be demonstrated once it hits backyards. Pre-orders should ship by early 2017. If there are no delays or other complications, we should hear first-hand reports of FarmBot by the spring growing season.
https://singularityhub.com/2016/08/26/farmbot-will-grow-your-food-for-you-just-press-go