https://hitmillet.com/2015/11/24/project-summary/https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_4634-e1477342742133.jpgimg_4634"Crop Engagement Element" for thresher prototype October 2016. A pair of flails contacts the entire panicle surface as it passes through. https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_4634.jpgimg_4634"Crop Engagement Element" for thresher prototype October 2016. A pair of flails contacts the entire panicle surface as it passes through. 2017-07-21T20:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://hitmillet.com/about-project/about-pearl-millet/2017-07-19T18:08:04+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.com/design-process/prototypes/2016-10-24T20:24:42+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.com/design-process/image-gallery/https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-10-winnowing.jpgTRAD THRESH 10 winnowinghttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-08.jpgTRAD THRESH 08https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-02-prepare-ground.jpgTRAD THRESH 02 prepare groundhttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-11-clean-seeds.jpgTRAD THRESH 11 clean seedshttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-01-cut-stick.jpgTRAD THRESH 01 cut stickhttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-09.jpgTRAD THRESH 09https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-05-beat-bahangu.jpgTRAD THRESH 05 beat bahanguhttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-06-beat.jpgTRAD THRESH 06 beathttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-07.jpgTRAD THRESH 07https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trad-thresh-03-weigh-basket.jpgTRAD THRESH 03 weigh basket2015-12-04T22:01:51+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.com/design-process/field-tests/https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11796449_10208401651745059_6602904361508819122_n2.jpg11796449_10208401651745059_6602904361508819122_nThe AF2 is popular with the children!https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12191938_1161864533843402_4269888242971447762_n1.jpg12191938_1161864533843402_4269888242971447762_nTwo women side by side using two of the prototype HIT AF2 threshers.https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12227015_10208401674425626_2152397293969874308_n3.jpg12227015_10208401674425626_2152397293969874308_nhttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12196062_1161497250546797_7919756347945542733_n1.jpg12196062_1161497250546797_7919756347945542733_nhttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12195913_10207539313859021_1175317297626911381_n1.jpg12195913_10207539313859021_1175317297626911381_nhttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12227015_10208401674425626_2152397293969874308_n2.jpg12227015_10208401674425626_2152397293969874308_nhttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11796449_10208401651745059_6602904361508819122_n1.jpg11796449_10208401651745059_6602904361508819122_n2015-12-04T21:39:03+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.com/2015/12/04/the-ant-farm-thresher-and-namibia-2015/https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/commercial-thresher-09-seed-pile-brushing.jpgCOMMERCIAL THRESHER 09 seed pile brushinghttps://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2-antfarm-03.jpg2 ANTFARM 03Photo by Aaron Wieler.https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pmhit-af11.jpgpmHIT-AF1The Pearl Millet High Impact Thresher: Ant Farm 1, the first working prototype of our current design approach to the thresher.https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pmhit-af1.jpgpmHIT-AF1https://hitmillet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/panicle-comparison.jpgpanicle comparisonLeft: The pearl millet grown on campus at Hampshire College was extremely uniform, allowing for more predictable threshing. Right: The panicles in Namibia and Niger are much more varied, and often break apart more easily.2015-12-04T21:37:57+00:00monthlyhttps://hitmillet.com/about-project/who-we-are/2015-11-25T19:39:55+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.com/about-project/why-were-doing-this/2015-11-25T19:37:06+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.com/design-process/data-feedback/2015-11-25T19:34:39+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.com/contact/2015-11-25T19:34:22+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.com/design-process/2015-11-25T19:34:08+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.com/2015/11/24/niger-2015-field-testing/2015-11-24T21:16:16+00:00monthlyhttps://hitmillet.com/2015/11/24/niger-2015-rough-cut/2015-11-24T20:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://hitmillet.com/about-project/2015-11-20T17:13:19+00:00weekly0.6https://hitmillet.comdaily1.02017-07-21T20:17:05+00:00