Category Archives: Aquaponics

GGHC Chill Box V0.1 Build

On March 30th, Laura Burkhart (of SLIM) came to my home and we built Chill Box V0.1.  This is the version she will be showing at the Maui Agricultural Festival this saturday (April 2). It is a simple, no electronic … Continue reading

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GGHC Chill Box Prototype at Ag Fest

[Update: it worked well!! See blog post for build documentation. and picture below] Our first prototype/demonstration for the Chill Box is under construction and will be shown this week Saturday April 2, at the Maui Agricultural Festival in the Educational … Continue reading

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GGHC Chill Box week 2 (or 3?)

Our first post to the element-14 site is up.  This is a Group Blog on the element-14 site.  You can comment, etc there by joining the element-14 site, then joining the Group. Basically it gives a background on our space … Continue reading

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Great Global Hackerspace Challenge – Chill Box

Its official – Maui Makers has been selected to participate in the Great Global Hackerspace Challenge (Spring 2011 edition)!! Here is the brief summary of The Challenge: Your hackerspace will create a project to help with education, using US$900 (or … Continue reading

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Homemade plastic extrusion system for Aquaponics

Make Blog today had a post that caught my eye on a “Homemade plastic extrusion system” Turns out the he uses his extrusion system for turning HDPE pellets into thin, textured strips his aquaponics grown plants liked. His youtube site … Continue reading

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