Successful Alpha Test Run with SpannerWe brought the team together in California to work with
Spanner, the mechanical engineers that fine-tuned the Fitbit, on final Alpha testing. During the test phase we focused our efforts on validating the Pulsepod’s mechanical enclosure design to ensure that it meets the environmental specifications our customers demand. We know these Pulsepods will be spanning the globe from cool foggy valleys to punishing desert sun.
Not only are we testing the device in hot and cold conditions, high humidity, rain, and forced water environments, we’re also performing a barrage of shake, drop, vibration tests to ensure the device is rugged for agricultural applications. We run all of our tests in a lab A2LA-certified to produce precise and repeatable conditions, allowing us to deliver a high quality product that will withstand the elements and perform at its peak throughout it’s lifetime.
Rolling out our Beta LaunchHot on the heels of our Alpha testing, we’re not missing a minute with our Beta rollout. We’re very thankful for all the interest in our product. We’ve selected a fantastic group of partners to work with through the next phase, and will be shipping out the first Pulsepods in the upcoming few weeks — expect more information on the full Beta here soon!
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Rabobank’s FoodBytes!Rabobank’s FoodBytes! brought together a serious group of foodies in Brooklyn, ranging from Jorge Gaviria of
Masienda and his plan to bring us hand-picked, landrace maize from smallholder farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico to Gabriel Wilmoth of Syngenta Ventures covering big ag’s role in balancing scale and global access within the food system.
Adam, our CEO, spoke on the true value of crop forecasting and communication tools, shifting the focus of agricultural technology from the clichéd “grow more with less” to the deeper unmet need for tools that hedge risk in production and marketing.
Before starting Arable, Adam spent his PhD developing crop forecasts from space, funded by NASA. The problem with satellite imagery is that you can see the plants, but you don’t know why they’re doing what they’re doing, so you can’t predict what they’ll do in the future. This limitation imposes a drag on specialty crops producers especially: bad strawberry forecasts cost the industry nearly $10 million a week — and that’s only a single fruit in one state.