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

Fri Aug 11 07:44:44 PDT 2017

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 <mgabiati at gmail.com> 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".
>
> 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.
>
> Keep on meshing on!
>
> -Mario
>
> On Aug 10, 2017 15:31, "G Gallo" <ggallo102 at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ggallo102 at gmail.com');>> 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 <bb at elleko.net
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bb at elleko.net');>> 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 <mgabiati at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mgabiati at gmail.com');>>
>>> 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&ts=59783ef0
>>> [3] https://github.com/sudomesh/gardenmesh/wiki
>>> [4] https://garden.org/special/pdf/2014-NGA-Garden-to-Table.pdf
>>>
>>
>> --
>> -Bullitt Bourbon
>>
>
>
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