MIT student designs gardening robots that could grow produce for astronauts on Mars

A NASA fellow and aerospace engineering student at the University of Colorado has invented a robot and artificial intelligence system that's may open new avenues for space exploration and habitation. Heather Hava won the 15,000 "Eat it!" Lemelson-MIT undergraduate prize for her robotic gardeners, and now she hopes to raise 150,000 to fund further development of the product through her company Autoponics.