[Noisebridge-discuss] [Tastebridge] Thread about classrooms

[Roger H]

Yes, the spot was good in the sense that I could extract the cool San Francisco air and cold convection from the window but extremely poor anytime direct sunlight would shine into the window.  The particular warm-weather oysters we are fruiting fruit best around 70F.  The Stipticus Panellus bioluminescent mushrooms that I am going to bring fruit a bit better at normal room temperature (73F) and glow best around that too.  The problem was that when the sun shines in, even with the Reflectix backing that I added, temperatures soar in the chamber to as high as 80F some mornings.  Due to the sudden change in temperature, the humidifier typically could not keep up and the relative humidity in the chamber would fall temporarily.  Outside of "real serious" insulation (say R-20 or above), there is no way to stop this heating effect, and a larger humidifier input to accommodate the temperature dynamics would have the additional side effect of using more
 water.  A better place would be one that I can get an even room temperature, away from the sunlight, and where the setup doesn't bother anyone.


Roger


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 From: Matthew Downs <downs.matt at gmail.com>
To: Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> 
Cc: Elijah Post <elijahpost at gmail.com>; tastebridge at lists.noisebridge.net; noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net 
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Tastebridge] [Noisebridge-discuss] Thread about classrooms
 

We can definitely move the mushrooms if the space is needed for other equipment or projects.  Really, the window is not the ideal space for the fruiting chamber...the heat in the morning has been an uphill battle with contamination and yields.   You could almost setup a greenhouse in that spot!  If there is a better space for the mushrooms, we will be happy to move them ASAP.  I'd love to hear thoughts on alternate locations....  That said we'll probably only have them setup another few weeks, unless there is significant interest in continuing the project.
Peas,
~Matthew


On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:

Danny O'Brien wrote, On 2011-11-30 14:58:
>
>> They do tend to blow people's minds. It's a great moment in the tour,
>> although I tend to end up leaving it to last.
>> Put me down as liking the 'sacrificial makerbot' idea at the front, if
>> we have one to spare.
>
>I think it would be great if one simply had a cronjob to start up
>printing a very simple design at intervals starting around noon and
>ending around 22:00, with a crappy conveyer belt spitting them out into
>a bucket, a Noisebucket.
>
>
>> I think once tastebridge's mushrooms are done, that might be a good
>> space to use. It feels a bit like the stuff for the laser-cutter
>> really needs a place outside of the laser-cutting room, and the 3D
>> printers need material and parts too.
>
>Again I feel like they're a little loud to be there, especially if we
>just did a bunch of work to make sound not be so much of a problem.
>
>
>> OH MAN I HAVE OPINIONS
>
>AND THEY'RE COMING OUT OF YOUR FINGERS FASTER THAN YOUR MOUTH OR ASS!
>
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