Built a 30 plant automated aeroponics system using PVC tubes on the rooftop. Using R code, designed custom fertilizers comprising of around 11 chemicals to grow tomatoes, okra and beans from a list of around 55 possible chemicals. In addition to being relatively cheap, this system used much less water and fertilizer in order to produce the same amount of biomass. Links: AeroGrow PDF, AeroGrow Excel, AeroGrow Labels, AeroGrow Code, AeroGrow Solidworks, AeroGrow Newspaper & Magazine

AeroGrow was a success, but it had issues with respect to pythium based root rot as the crops became larger in size. This along with the need for a more portable, affordable and automated version, led to the design of AeroGrow 2. Building and testing of this rig is currently in progress.