Revolutionizing Agriculture with Household Appliances | Scott Massey | TEDxWabashCollege

With a rapidly growing population and the flawed design of agriculture, concerns rise about how to feed the global population in 2050. Using innovation, experience, and hydroponics, Scott Massey reveals a new way to grow certain vegetables within the comfort of your own home. Scott Massey designed refinement systems in the oil and natural gas industry as a mechanical engineer, and made patent drawings for a local patent attorney. He then teamed up with a fellow Purdue research student to design a hydroponic plant growth chamber to grow food in future space colonies. Wanting to make a larger impact he set out to create personal, hydroponic appliances that could yield a full head of leafy greens on a daily basis to eliminate a user's dependance on a grocery store for most produce. Scott Massey (CEO) designed refinement systems in the oil and natural gas industry as a mechanical engineer, and made patent drawings for a local patent attorney. Ivan Ball (CTO) worked as an electrical and computer engineer managing production of ethanol at a processing plant. They met while working as student research engineers at the Purdue University Horticulture College designing a NASA funded, hydroponic plant growth chamber to grow food in future space colonies. They then set out to create personal, hydroponic appliances that could yield a full head of leafy greens on a daily basis to eliminate a user's dependance on a grocery store for most produce. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx