UbiQD Inc. girma, Kamfanin ci gaba na nanotechnology na New Mexico, ya sanar da Dec. 2 cewa an ba shi kwangilar Canja wurin Fasaha na Kananan Kasuwanci na II (STTR) ta Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama da Sararin Samaniya (NASA). Kwangilar ta watanni 24 tana ba da $ 750,000 a cikin kudade don bincike da haɓaka haɗin gwiwar UbiQD tare da Cibiyar Kula da Muhalli ta Jami'ar Arizona (UA-CEAC) don ƙarin bincike ta amfani da dige ƙididdiga don daidaita yanayin hasken rana don ingantaccen haɓakar amfanin gona don sararin samaniya da ayyukan bincike na duniya.
A watan Agusta 2018, UbiQD ya kasance farko bayar kwangilar Mataki na I STTR a zaman wani ɓangare na dabarun dabarun NASA don haɓaka iyawa a fannin fasahar sararin samaniya, samar da abinci, da ƙari. Aikin da ya yi nasara ya nuna ingantacciyar amfanin gona ga latas ɗin romaine. Ɗaya daga cikin girke-girke masu haske da aka yi amfani da su a cikin binciken shine samfurin UbiQD mai haske mai haske, UbiGro, wanda ya haifar da karuwar 13% na busassun kayan lambu, da kuma karuwar 8% a yankin ganye.
"A kan ayyukan sararin samaniya na dogon lokaci, inda 'yan saman jannatin za su buƙaci yin amfani da albarkatu mafi yawa, haɓaka samar da abinci tare da wannan fasaha na iya zama 'mai canza wasa," in ji Gene Giacomelli, farfesa na injiniyan halittu a Jami'ar Arizona wanda ya ce. yana jagorantar aikin a UA-CEAC. "Tabbas akwai wani abu mai kyau a cikin wannan kayan da kuma fasahar da UbiQD ta aiwatar. Ina kan dokinsu a wannan tseren.”
UbiQD ta kasance tana haɓaka fina-finan noma na quantum dot bayan haka karbar kudade daga Breakout Labs a cikin 2017 don bincika manufar. Ta hanyar samar da ingantaccen bakan haske, sabon fim ɗin UbiQD na UbiGro an tsara shi don haɓaka samar da kayan lambu da haɓaka haɓakar shuka. UbiQD ta ha]a hannu da gidajen guraben kasuwanci don shigar da samfurin UbiGro a wurare 15 a cikin ƙasashe shida da jihohin Amurka biyar, ciki har da a mahaifarta ta New Mexico. Haɓaka Dama, tushen a Alcalde, NM, yana amfani da fim ɗin UbiGro don haɓaka sabbin nau'ikan tumatir, kuma kamfanin da farko. fitar da bayanan kasuwanci daga wannan gona a watan Nuwamba 2019.
"Mun yi farin ciki da ci gaba da aikinmu tare da Jami'ar Arizona da NASA don inganta ingancin haske ga tsire-tsire da aka girma a sararin samaniya," in ji Matt Bergren, Mai bincike na Ƙa'idar da Babban Jami'in Samfura a UbiQD. "Fasaharmu ba kawai za ta iya taimakawa wajen samar da sabbin 'ya'yan itace da kayan lambu ga 'yan sama jannati masu zuwa duniyar wata ko duniyar Mars ba, har ma da amfanar masu noma a nan duniya."
UbiQD kamfani ne na nanotechnology da ke Los Alamos, New Mexico wanda ke kera aminci, babban aiki, ɗigon ƙididdigewa da kayan greenhouse. Don ƙarin bayani ziyarci UbiQD.com da kuma UbiGro.com.
Manufar Cibiyar Kula da Muhalli ta Jami'ar Arizona (UA-CEAC) ita ce haɓaka tsarin aikin gona na tattalin arziki, muhalli da zamantakewa wanda zai ba da abinci mai inganci don taimakawa wajen ciyar da duniya. Injiniyoyin injiniya da masana kimiyya sun mayar da hankali kan ayyukan noma na CEA a cikin gidajen kore, dakunan girma, da gonaki na tsaye. Ƙara koyo: https://ceac.arizona.edu/
Shirin NASA STTR yana samun tallafi daga Daraktan Ofishin Jakadancin Sararin Samaniya (STMD) kuma ana sarrafa shi a Cibiyar Nazarin Ames ta NASA a Silicon Valley na California. STMD ne ke da alhakin haɓaka ƙetare, majagaba, sabbin fasahohi da damar da hukumar ke buƙata don cimma manufofinta na yanzu da na gaba. Ƙara koyo game da lambobin yabo: https://sbir.nasa.gov/prg_selection/node/62898.
UbiQD's quantum dot-enabled-enabled retrofit greenhouse film, UbiGro, wanda aka tura sama da layuka na tumatur a cikin greenhouse mai bincike a cikin Netherlands. Hoto: UbiQD Inc.