The LabBox Grower is thought to be the smallest fully contained hydroponic grow box in the world. The device allows you to be able to provide a plant with everything it requires to allow it to grow to harvest, letting you grow herbs or your favorite plants any time of year.
The LabBox Grower makes use of advancing hydroponic technologies to provide a miniature bio containment unit. The grower uses high intensity LEDs to provide the light a plant requires to grow and a automated drip irrigation system to provide all the additional nutrients to allow the plant to thrive.
The LabBox Grower can also be controlled through your web browser, iPhone or iPad by downloading the software provided. This allows you to control the temperature, lighting and nutrient delivery controls, to help you make sure your plants get exactly what is required even if you are far away from the grower. The grower can additionally be interfaced to allow updates to twitter to inform you of it’s status and health.
Though growing plants in window boxes or in gardens will usually require a lot less electricity than this unit they cannot produce plants and crops all year long. By using LEDs to supply the lighting, the grower consumes less energy than it otherwise would. The LabBox Grower allows you to have a ready supply of useful plants like herbs, fruit or vegetables all year, without requiring as much electricity or space as some hydroponics systems can require.
Source: PocketGrow