It deploys pesticides with minimum waste, drastically reducing the amount of noxious chemicals needed to kill the pests that destroy crops. It's also good for the environment. Prototypes were built at the Advanced Manufacturing Center. The research scientists and professors who developed the system will be individual shareholders in the company. CAMP will own ten percent, OSU will own ten percent, and the Laboratory for Pest Control Application Technology Foundation will own 20 percent.
All dividends paid to the foundation go to pesticide research.
The sprayer made big headlines this summer in Ohio farm country. Spray Redux president Dr. What's good for the farmer is good for the environment. By cutting the use of pesticides in half, the device would pay for itself in one growing season on an average Ohio farm of 500 acres. The success of Spray Redux makes clear that technology development is more closely tied to the demands of the market rather than to research for its own sake.