Aerogarden.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Colorado Cool Stuff - AeroGrow International Inc. - Brief article

In the 1980s, Michael Bissonnette built and sold an innovative home security company. In the 1990s, he did the same thing with a voice-powered consumer technology startup. Now he's founded a third company, AeroGrow, to bring aeroponic technology to the masses. The company's AeroGarden, launched earlier this year after 3 1/2 years of R & D, allows customers to have a year-round garden, with the plants' roots suspended in air rather than water or soil. "When they're exposed ... roots breathe up air like lungs," said Bissonnette, noting that aeroponic greenhouses are showcased as a...