Well everyone, another long overdue update and some time to focus my thoughts on some very recent happenings.
So where to start really? I guess this time I really want to talk about one of my innermost “inspirations/dreams”, which has given me energy to continue on the treacherous path of knowledge and life. As I have mentioned in an earlier post, the spiritual connection between humanity and nature is sacred, and needs to be cultivated constantly. Though there is no intersection more precious then the place where nature and culture overlap, where humanity's endeavour to generate knowledge and reach for the stars is supported by the systems of life. At this frontier I always dreamed of working, where we create the foundations with which future generations might sail the stars and bring the spark of life to other realms. More specifically I am talking about life-system research for space exploration, think Biosphere 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2) or BIOS-3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS-3). Working on one of these research projects, being involved in getting humanity out of the cradle, has been one of my dearest dreams. At the beginning of this month I started working on a small research project involved in the optimization of aeroponically grown lettuce. Here I am responsible for data logging, transmission, and visualization. This definitely ties back into my (recently rekindled) love-affair with sensors, microcontrollers, and digitilization in general.
I don't know what the future may hold, but working on the basics for human sustainabillity in space is giving me hope, that eventually we will all reach the stars.