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Introducing Universal Hydroponics: A Revolutionary and Adaptable System for Plant Growth
The Future of Hydroponics – Versatile, Automated, and Applicable to Various Environments and Plant Crops Introduction: We are excited to present Universal Hydroponics (UH), a groundbreaking hydroponics system designed to be adaptable, modular, and suitable for a wide range of environments and plant crops. This innovative system addresses the need for a flexible hydroponics solution…
Read MoreAIs as Therapists or Friends: The Problem of Trust and Privacy
What is the difference between merely acting like a friend, or manipulation, and genuine friendship, love, and real connection? Can an AI currently do this – act as therapists (and therefore loving friends) as seems to be the claim of AI companies now? Will they ever be able to do this? In other words, is…
Read MoreSolar Fridge Project V.3 – Page 7
In 2019 I realized that more power was needed, if I was going to run a fridge as well as other accessories consistently and at the same time. In January 2019 bought a polycrystalline “90W” solar module over the internet from Northern Arizona Wind & Sun, Inc. The panels were made by Solarland, model SLP085-12U.…
Read MoreSolar Fridge Project V.3 – Page 6
In 2018, I made a little readout box so I could see what the voltages were from the battery, panels, battery at the charge controller (so I could tell if there was a problem with the battery wires), and at “Load” on the controller. These little digital volt meter (DVM) mulit-colored readouts are cheap on…
Read MoreThe (New) 4WD Solar Fridge Project: V. 2 (2001 posting from old site – Page 5)
Got a new (used) 1991 isuzu Trooper in 2000. Finally, in late November 2006, bought a a new UNI-SOLAR panel (Model US-64 64W PV M) from Affordable Solar Group in Albuquerque, NM. Cost at that time was $319. (This was a higher than I expected to pay: the story was there was a shortage of…
Read MoreThe 4WD Solar Fridge Project: Details 3 – Raised Bed SUV Living System (2001 posting from old site – Page 4)
I got the idea of a raised bed in the Trooper from a friend of a friend who spent a lot of time living in his truck. He had built a raised bed system for himself. The storage space created underneath meshed nicely with the solar powered refrigeration system, since I could place the fridge…
Read MoreThe 4WD Solar Fridge Project: Details 2 (2001 posting from old site – Page 3)
The original machine screws that held the luggage rack mounting hardware on the roof were not strong enough to hold the panels, so I drilled larger holes in the roof and used brass bolts. I had to cut through the ceiling liner to get at the bolts from inside the truck (see photos below). Not…
Read MoreThe 4WD Solar Fridge Project (2001 posting from old site – Page 1)
The following article from 2001 shows the system I developed in the early 1990s, and mounted on a 1989 Isuzu Trooper. This was the earliest prototype of the Solar Fridge system. Freedom to live where you want – up a desert wash, far from civilization, for days, for two weeks – with fresh cold food…
Read MoreThe 4WD Solar Fridge Project: Details 1 (2001 posting from old site – Page 2)
This system consists of a solar electric panel, a storage battery, a voltage regulator/diode, electrical wiring, various mounting hardware, and modifications to the vehicle to mount the hardware and allow sleeping and storage. These pictures were taken on the day I de-commissioned the system from the vehicle (March 17, 2001). The solar system had been…
Read MoreFiction: The Zero Point
Last revision: 6/16/96 The Zero Point ® 1991 Eric Platt PROLOGUE THE MEANING OF HYPER-TECHNO-OPPRESSION NOTE:The following are fragments recovered from a document entitled “Towards an Ethical and Humanistic use of Current AI Technologies”, 2033 A.D., by Dr. Wayne Farmer “The worst scenario I can imagine is of a totalitarian regime, not necessarily even centrally…
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