Comments on: The Green Wheel is a NASA-Inspired Rotary Hydroponic Garden http://inhabitat.com/the-green-wheel-is-a-nasa-inspired-rotary-hydroponic-garden/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: risom.de http://inhabitat.com/the-green-wheel-is-a-nasa-inspired-rotary-hydroponic-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-384171 risom.de Tue, 29 May 2012 11:37:48 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=391866#comment-384171 While it really looks nice I fail to see the technical advantage of this design. The rotating wheel simply replaces two trays above each other - and adds moving parts, which usually are the most failure prone element of every mechanical design. An additional problem: To my knowledge you can't buy high power LEDs (which are both the only really efficient ones and the only ones suitable to produce food) in a form factor usable in this design. There also is not enough room for thermal dissipation of the waste heat of the LEDs. I really doubt this design will be developed into a product. While it really looks nice I fail to see the technical advantage of this design. The rotating wheel simply replaces two trays above each other – and adds moving parts, which usually are the most failure prone element of every mechanical design.

An additional problem: To my knowledge you can’t buy high power LEDs (which are both the only really efficient ones and the only ones suitable to produce food) in a form factor usable in this design. There also is not enough room for thermal dissipation of the waste heat of the LEDs. I really doubt this design will be developed into a product.

]]> By: Green Joy http://inhabitat.com/the-green-wheel-is-a-nasa-inspired-rotary-hydroponic-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-384164 Green Joy Tue, 29 May 2012 09:03:00 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=391866#comment-384164 That's definitely one of the more unique hydroponics design I've seen. I think it might be effective since the motor (I'm not sure since I'm not an engineer) won't consume much energy if it was implemented properly. Juan Miguel Ruiz That’s definitely one of the more unique hydroponics design I’ve seen. I think it might be effective since the motor (I’m not sure since I’m not an engineer) won’t consume much energy if it was implemented properly.

Juan Miguel Ruiz

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