High-Level Project Summary
One of the big problems in Space travels is Pre-packaged food has been used to meet astronaut food requirements, now the need key nutrients and vitamins (such as Vitamins B1, C, and K) without suffering a lose of efficacy, palatability and acceptability for long periods of time.Pachamama life is an automated microgreens and mushroom cultivation system with humidity recirculation and temperature control systems. Recreating natural systems in conditions that need scarce amounts of water, using Andean grain sprouts with high nutritional value and edible mushrooms
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Detailed Project Description
Pachamama life is an automated microgreens and mushroom regenerative cultivation system with humidity recirculation and temperature control systems. recreating natural systems in conditions that need scarce amounts of water, using Andean grain sprouts with hig nutitional value and edible mushrooms.
The construction system will have a fungal mycelium structure capable of cultivating edible mushrooms. Likewise, the sowing and harvesting control and automation system will be carried out with a rapsberry system, which will control the temperature and humidity. Through the image recognition system with machine learning, growth and cultivation can be evaluated.
The code system for this case will be phyton.
Space Agency Data
(1) CBD First National Report – Peru 2019
(2) Tablas peruanas de composición de alimentos- Instituto Nacional de Salud- Perú 2017
(3) Microgreens, Gioia
(4) Edible Mushrooms as a Novel Protein Source for Functional Foods. 2016. Colunga et. al. 10.1039/D0FO01746A
Links
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2018_Phase_I_Phase_II/Myco-architecture_off_planet/
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/what-we-do/food-security-agriculture
Hackathon Journey
It was a great experience, to make a bigger prototype we need more time but this time was the good enought to make a good ideation. The team experience help us to build this idea.
References
(1) CBD First National Report – Peru 2019
(2) Tablas peruanas de composición de alimentos- Instituto Nacional de Salud- Perú 2017
(3) Microgreens, Gioia
(4) Edible Mushrooms as a Novel Protein Source for Functional Foods. 2016. Colunga et. al. 10.1039/D0FO01746A
Links
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2018_Phase_I_Phase_II/Myco-architecture_off_planet/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2018_Phase_I_Phase_II/Myco-architecture_off_planet/
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/what-we-do/food-security-agriculture
Tags
#regenerative, #seeds, #agriculture