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FarmJS #19

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mikeal opened this issue Nov 8, 2013 · 9 comments
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FarmJS #19

mikeal opened this issue Nov 8, 2013 · 9 comments

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@mikeal
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mikeal commented Nov 8, 2013

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Farm hacking hardware with JavaScript.

@KarbonDallas
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aquaponics would be pretty sweet...

@sockdrawermoney
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@natevw has one hell of an aquaponics setup.

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dshaw commented Nov 9, 2013

@indexzero is also heavily into it.

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My idea is to try and do a day hackathon trying to get a raised bed hooked to a web interface, allowing people to build these on their roof or backyard, and do some small farming from home or work. This will involve managing a few basic thinks:

  • Irrigation using moisture sensors and liquid controllers
  • Covering the bed with frost blanket using motors and temp sensors
  • Video interface
  • Light measurement for crop recommendation
  • Soil PH and fertilizer injection

The goal is to contain the event to a single goal - getting a raised bed that everyone can easily build in their backyard online, and to enable people to automate it so it better fits with their busy life.

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@WardCunningham has some great experience here too

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On Nov 9, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Eran Hammer [email protected] wrote:

My idea is to try and do a day hackathon trying to get a raised bed hooked to a web interface, allowing people to build these on their roof or backyard, and do some small farming from home or work. This will involve managing a few basic thinks:

Irrigation using moisture sensors and liquid controllers
Covering the bed with frost blanket using motors and temp sensors
Video interface
Light measurement for crop recommendation
Soil PH and fertilizer injection
The goal is to contain the event to a single goal - getting a raised bed that everyone can easily build in their backyard online, and to enable people to automate it so it better fits with their busy life.


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Nvm, pinging people in private repos doesn't make sense. Why is this private?

@mikeal
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mikeal commented Nov 9, 2013

it's private in case, god forbid, someone does something like violate the CoC and the staff needs to respond. i don't want that public because it would make the name of the victim public.

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Doesn't look like I’ll have the time to work on this. Work just got crazy around here and I am trying to avoid over extending myself this year. Last year was a nightmare. Node is taking over EVERYTHING.

The hard part here is figuring out the hardware requirements upfront. My three main ideas for hacks were:

  • Build a raised bed with dirt and some plants, install drip irrigation and hook it up to a water source controlled by a servo.
  • Install sensors in the bed for humidity, temperature, wind, video feed, and develop a web front end to see a nice dashboard for the bed, with hacks like integrating it the live weather etc.
  • Build a frost blanket on a track with a servo closing and opening it from the web interface.

This is not too complex but someone needs to figure out the specs for the hardware and the servos and the sensors. Need someone who can lead the web site front of things, and someone to lead construction.

If someone else takes over the hardware and web parts, I am happy to lead the construction of the bed, dirt, plants, irrigation. Otherwise, I can't do it this time.

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mikeal commented Jan 16, 2014

I pulled it off the website.

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