My name is Mario and I represent a plant biology group at Counter Culture Labs at the Omni Commons. 

At the June 13 sudoroom meeting, we proposed a collaboration to build a 'garden widget' using the disaster radio technology with which you have been experimenting. Our hope is that you can use this collaboration to build a robust field test for the technology and we can benefit from your expertise. 

An example of a closely related existing technology is the EDEN system, https://edyn.com, which uses soil moisture and an Internet connection to control irrigation.  We would like to give home gardeners access to an automatic garden environment log that would  include specifically light intensity and period, and temperature and moisture measurement for air and soil.

Please contact me if you have any questions, we plan to have a prototype hack night Tuesday June 20th at the 8pm sudoroom meeting at the Omni Commons if you are interested in learning more and/or participating in the project. 

-Mario