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Testing the PlantHive Alphas

Testing the PlantHive Alphas

Last summer, we decided to launch our first PlantHive batch, dedicated exclusively to our Alpha testers. After roughly 100kg of printing filament and 500 hours of 3D printing, the first results came-in! While our Alpha testers started with soil, we decided to test the PlantHive’s hydroponic capabilities. Our smart garden has proven itself an excellent tool for very quick growth cycles of leafy greens and micro-greens. The leafy greens we tested were ready for consumption in less than 30 days…

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Diner with the Belgian King and Queen

Diner with the Belgian King and Queen

A few days ago, I received an invitation to the Laeken Castle to dine with the King and Queen of Belgium. Needless to say, being very surprised, I went ahead and called the Palace to check whether someone was praniking me! Turns-out this was no prank at all… Last week, on Thursday 7th September, I had the honor to dine with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, at the beautiful Laeken castle, which is famous for its 18th century…

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PlantHive on the Sirris annual report!

PlantHive on the Sirris annual report!

Sirris, Belgium’s most renowned research center, published their annual report and blogged about their collaboration with us. You can check their article out here! A few months ago, we also blogged about our feasibility study with them. Once again, we want to thank Olivier Gramaccia and his team for their professionalism and awesome work! Realizing our feasibility study with Sirris was a key step for producing our Alpha units, as well as preparing our next iterations on the PlantHive. We…

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PlantHive joins the innovation train to Paris

PlantHive joins the innovation train to Paris

Last week, our CFO, Yanni Garcia Postigo, represented PlantHive on the Innovation Train to Paris, organized by Co-station. There, he had the opportunity to visit the Paris start-up ecosystem, as well as exchange ideas with a lot of interesting people, like the Minister of Economy of the Brussels region, Didier Gosuin! Stay tuned for more PlantHive news on our website and blog!

PlantHive joins the AVF’s Abattoir workshop on circular economics

PlantHive joins the AVF’s Abattoir workshop on circular economics

Our team took part in the Association for Vertical Farming workshop on circular economics. It was very interesting to see that a place such as the Anderlecht Abattoir making efforts to integrate rooftop aquaponic farms and underground mushroom farms in their business model. The workshop revolved around circular economics with the main focus being how to further develop the existing green-tech initiatives, as well as instigate new ones. Overall it was a very interesting experience, and allowed us to meet…

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PlantHive goes @Hack Belgium

PlantHive goes @Hack Belgium

Last month we participated in the “Hack Belgium 2017” venue. The event assembled more than 1000 participants and visitors, and consisted in workshops looking to solve Belgium’s everyday problems by using the hottest up-and coming technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Blockchain, Internet of Things, etc. We were invited by the 3D printing Guru, Deepak Metha, and had the chance to showcase our product in the experience room. We shared the stage with a lot of very interesting projects from various…

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Hacking tomatoes

Hacking tomatoes

“Should I go for hydroponics or a classic soil-based substrate for my plants?”; “does hydroponics really make a difference?”; are both questions we get a lot from our friends and followers. Legend has it that hydroponics is faster, more efficient in regards to water consumption, and yields more results than soil. Legend also has it that soil-grown fruits and vegetables have more taste. We decided to provide concrete answers by making a case study for both systems. For our experiment,…

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Prototyping Raspberry Pi – What we learned so far !

Prototyping Raspberry Pi – What we learned so far !

Since we used the Raspberry Pi for the first few iterations of our prototyping, we thought it would be nice to talk about the background of the device and share what we learned so far, especially for those among you who are not familiar with it.   The Raspberry pi is a series of single board computers developed in the early 2010s’. The first generation of RPis, the legendary model B, was released by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in 2012….

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Trip to Armenia

Trip to Armenia

Earlier this year, our team had the courtesy to be invited by our investor, Mr. Hakob Hakobyan, to pitch at his annual start-up event: Up-Start Init @the Mariott hotel, Yerevan, Armenia. Our team of choice for this event: Hadrien, Federico “Chicco”, and Vasileios. What we thought to be a pleasant and relaxing trip, turned out into a huge adventure. Things can get messy quick when transporting a showcase prototype so far across the globe. We were very concerned with giving…

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