VDX Research
Until the stars feel like home.
Concrete, open research to help people live better on Earth and, one day, beyond it. We are the research branch of VDX Technologies, at the beginning of the work, and this site documents it as it happens.
Research areas
What we are working on.
Current experiment
Experiment 001
Start date not set
VDX Habitat
Closed-loop hydroponics under different light spectra
A recirculating hydroponic system in which the same crop is grown under different LED light spectra, with every input and environmental condition logged on VDX Core.
QuestionIn a closed-loop hydroponic system, how does the light spectrum affect plant growth relative to the water and electricity the system uses?
Protocol and build logHow we work
Small, measured, open.
Small experiments
One question at a time, at a scale we can run carefully and repeat, with a hypothesis stated before we start.
Measured properly
Every input and condition is recorded, with the calibration of the instruments behind it.
Public protocols
The protocol is published before an experiment starts, and a dated build log follows the setup.
Open data, shared work
Datasets are published when an experiment ends, whatever the outcome. We design experiments with researchers who bring the questions.
Data
Recorded on VDX Core.
Every sensor reading and manual measurement in our experiments is collected on VDX Core, the data platform built by VDX Technologies. It keeps the raw time series, the calibration notes and the protocol in one place, so each result can be traced back to the measurements behind it.
When an experiment ends, its datasets are published on this site with a description of every column.
Collaborate
Design an experiment with us.
We have space, instruments and a data platform. We are looking for research groups to define the questions.
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