Re: [Mesh] Prototype Installation @ EBV Saturday Aug 12, 12pm

How do these devices compare to the dozens of wireless garden sensors already available (https://www.postscapes.com/wireless-plant-sensors/)? The one distinction that I recall being mentioned at a sudomesh meeting was price, but once you factor in power, weatherproofing, and everything else, I suspect this price difference will evaporate. In such a crowded field of devices already being manufactured, is anyone else trying to be the low priced option? On Thursday, August 10, 2017, Mario Gabiati &lt;mgabiati(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Again, thank you for your interest in the GardenMesh project, keep > checking for our new landing page which should be in the next few days at " > www.peoplesopen.net/gardenmesh"quot;. > > For those of you unfamiliar with the project, Counter Culture Labs and > Sudoroom have teamed up to create a super low cost environmental sensor > that meshes automatically over a self-generated Wi-Fi network. We are > working to build software that makes gathering real-time data elementary > for any user at an accessible price. > > We are ready with 5 new prototypes ready for installation into our first > test environments, and East Bay Vivarium (1827 Fifth Street c, Berkeley, CA > 94710) has graciously agreed to allow us to use some of their enclosures > as our first environmental test sites! > > *PLEASE NOTE* : Due to a schedule change, we need to install the units > Saturday August 12th, NOT Friday August 11. > > We will be meeting at EBV at noon (12p) Saturday August 12th. We will be > taking a look at the units and exploring the store, and begin installation > under EBV supervision starting around 1pm. > > Afterwards, I will be hosting a discussion and meet-and-greet for anyone > who is curious about the project at Doc's Refresher (984 University Ave, > Berkeley, CA 94710). I hope to see you there! > > If you have any questions or are having trouble finding the group after > you arrive you can contact me, Mario, at (323)-314-0783 > <(323)%20314-0783>. > > Keep on meshing on! > > -Mario > > On Aug 10, 2017 15:31, "G Gallo" &lt;ggallo102(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > Hello gardenmeshers, > > Sierk and I have been hard at work preparing various parts of the project > for the Nat Geo grant and the East Bay Vivarium prototype roll out. A few > updates from my end: > > 1. We have ~6 working prototypes (aka Garden Gnodes) thanks to the > prototyping party last Sunday > 2. We now have a way of remotely updating the scripts running on the > Garden Gnodes via telnet (if interested check out this script > <https://github.com/sudomesh/gardenmesh/blob/master/remoteupload.sh>) > 3. With the help of Jake (from sudoroom), we also now have a few Garden > Gnodes being **safely** powered by Li-Po batteries. > 4. I recently procured some analog multiplexers so we should be able to > test the light sensors soon. > 5. The roll out at the East Bay Vivarium is planned for tomorrow at > 9:30am, this should be as simple as setting up one of our peoplesopen.net > routers, connecting it to their internet, and then plugging in the Garden > Gnodes in their respective tanks. > > I plan at being at the Omni most of this evening preparing at least five > of the prototypes to be deployed at the Vivarium. This will involve > flashing the NodeMCU firmware, uploading the gardenmesh Lua script, and > checking that the remote update feature works correctly. If any one is > interested in learning about the hardware/firmware side of the project feel > free to stop by the Omni tonight (it's also weekly JavaScript night!). > > I know there were a few people that came by this week interested in the > project, but I do not have their emails. Mario, if you want to add them to > this thread that would be great. > > -grant > > > On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 12:04 AM, Bullitt Bourbon &lt;bb(a)elleko.net&gt; wrote: > >> hi- >> >> l read this and also the e-mail you wrote to Divine, very nice work >> there. Some comments/ questions: >> >> 1. Some of the monologues are kind of infomercially. An example is cell >> 2: 'studies show that... the popularity of home gardening has increased >> substantially'. that's not really stuff one would say IRL. Maybe it's meant >> to suggest an ad-lib for similar content, just wanted to point it out, >> though. l can help with all that. >> >> 2. cell 2 - Definitely not an expert here, but often gardens have better >> performing and worse performing crops, right? >> The images can match what is being narrated, from a poorly producing >> section when u talk about factory farming to a thriving section when u say >> 'what if we can grow more food...' >> >> 3. cell 3 - is this stock footage? >> >> 4. cell 5 - this is a good opportunity to show the actual device off. it >> can just pretend to be working. we can make a fake data screen and show it >> working on a phone. we can have infographics showing how it works as well, >> but since these things exist on the market, people already know about all >> that. >> >> -BB >> >> >> On 2017-08-07 19:44, Mario Gabiati wrote: >> >>> Hey I found this cool PDF report on home gardening in america, it's up >>> something like 20% in the last 5 years and it seems to be very popular >>> with young people. Maybe we can rip some infographics out for the >>> video? Take a look and tell me what you think! Thanks! >>> >>> -MARIO >>> >>> https://garden.org/special/pdf/2014-NGA-Garden-to-Table.pdf [4] >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 1:16 AM, Mario Gabiati &lt;mgabiati(a)gmail.com&gt; >>> wrote: >>> >>> 1. Nat Geo Grant Video (please watch and comment) >>>> 2. Prototype party August 6th 4pm-8pm >>>> 3. Invitation to field test at East Bay Vivarium >>>> 4. Gardenmesh meetings every Tuesday 8p >>>> _____________________Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> First off, I'd like to thank all of you for your continued efforts >>>> on this project. We have some exciting developments I'm excited to >>>> update you on: >>>> >>>> With major help from Adam, I've put together a crack at the 1-minute >>>> submission for the National Geographic 'Chasing Genius' grant >>>> (www.natgeochasinggenius.com [1]) due July 30th. I've chosen to >>>> submit under the 'Feeding 9 Billion' focus. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1fJuy09hh37SlkyakdlVVgxdjQ >>> /view?usp=sharing_eip&ts=59783ef0 >>> >>>> [2] >>>> >>>> We only have a few more days to make edits before I have to submit >>>> so I am interested in hearing any suggestions you have! Not looking >>>> for perfection, just want to get the point across. >>>> >>>> Next, if you'd like to participate in BUILDING PROTOTYPES, we will >>>> be hosting a prototype building party AUGUST 6TH 4-8PM at the >>>> sudoroom hack space at the Omni Commons (4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, >>>> CA 94609). No need to be an expert, we are all learning together >>>> here. Thank you Grant for taking on the lions share of the soldering >>>> and coding for this project, we couldn't do it without you! >>>> >>>> If you are interested in getting more technical information on the >>>> project, please visit our GITHUB WIKI >>>> (https://github.com/sudomesh/gardenmesh/wiki [3]) - thank you Grant, >>>> Jorrit, and Scott! >>>> >>>> More good news: Sean Parnell from East Bay Vivarium has graciously >>>> offered to let us test our first round of prototypes in their Wi-Fi >>>> connected store. We will be able to test the units without solar >>>> panels or batteries, or much housing so that we can hammer out the >>>> software side of things and make upgrades for the exterior units >>>> that we will be testing at Annie's Annuals in the fall (thank you >>>> Cassandra!). >>>> >>>> Lastly, if you are interested in getting more involved in the >>>> project, we have gardenmesh meetings every Tuesday evening at 8pm at >>>> the Omni Commons (4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, CA 94609). >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> -Mario Gabiati >>>> GardenMesh Project Coordinator >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] http://www.natgeochasinggenius.com >>> [2] >>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1fJuy09hh37SlkyakdlVVgxdjQ >>> /view?usp=sharing_eip&amp;ts=59783ef0 >>> [3] https://github.com/sudomesh/gardenmesh/wiki >>> [4] https://garden.org/special/pdf/2014-NGA-Garden-to-Table.pdf >>> >> >> -- >> -Bullitt Bourbon >> > > >