19 Jun
2017
19 Jun
'17
8:26 a.m.
I just saw Mario's message to the mesh mailing list
@mario - apologies for the delay! It turned out your message got stuck
in a review queue, probably because your are/were not part of the
mailing list.
Hopefully we can chat a little more about this project at tomorrows
meetings.... here's a rough sketch of a network diagram https://github.
com/sudomesh/disaster-ping-pong/blob/master/images/disaster-
plant.dot.png we put together last week.
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Hello all,
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
19 Jun
19 Jun
9:50 p.m.
Hi guys,
I have found a few units that are basically what I want to build, but each
one has specific limitations that our collaboration would solve.
My favorite is the "Parrot Flower Power" sensor :
http://global.parrot.com/au/products/flower-power/
This unit records light period, soil moisture and temperature and saves the
data on a timeline you can use to observe long term trends.
The drawback is that the device is not WiFi enabled and only communicates
via short range Bluetooth, which means the user has to manually sync the
data to their smartphone while standing next to it, and you are unable to
monitor your garden remotely.
My second favorite unit is the 'Edyn' garden sensor: https://edyn.com/
This sensor also records light intensity, soil moisture and temperature,
and it does connect via Wi-Fi.
It does not save historical data so there is no way to obverve long term
trends, and the app is so slow and buggy that it is crippling sales.
My goal is to get both units and we can hack them and see if we can just
use their technology to prove the concept and get some test data -
unfortunately these units aren't being sold in local stores and I won't be
able to obtain them until the end of the month.
I am trying to find some digital sensors to play with but perhaps tomorrow
should be more of a brainstorming session. What are your thoughts?
-Mario
On Jun 19, 2017 08:26, "Jorrit Poelen" <jhpoelen(a)xs4all.nl> wrote:
10:07 p.m.
reposting Mario's email -
@Mario - could you please join the mesh mailing list - this way, you
can directly post to the list.
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Hi guys,
I have found a few units that are basically what I want to build, but
each one has specific limitations that our collaboration would solve.
My favorite is the "Parrot Flower Power" sensor : http://global.parrot.
com/au/products/flower-power/
This unit records light period, soil moisture and temperature and saves
the data on a timeline you can use to observe long term trends.
The drawback is that the device is not WiFi enabled and only
communicates via short range Bluetooth, which means the user has to
manually sync the data to their smartphone while standing next to it,
and you are unable to monitor your garden remotely.
My second favorite unit is the 'Edyn' garden sensor: https://edyn.com/
This sensor also records light intensity, soil moisture and
temperature, and it does connect via Wi-Fi.
It does not save historical data so there is no way to obverve long
term trends, and the app is so slow and buggy that it is crippling
sales.
My goal is to get both units and we can hack them and see if we can
just use their technology to prove the concept and get some test data -
unfortunately these units aren't being sold in local stores and I won't
be able to obtain them until the end of the month.
I am trying to find some digital sensors to play with but perhaps
tomorrow should be more of a brainstorming session. What are your
thoughts?
-Mario
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