In the Air - Automated Greenhouse First Post

24 Oct 2014

Firstly - thanks Element14 and Sponsors. This is an amazing opportunity. As a first reaction, I am a little staggered by the enormity of what I have taken on. My second reaction has been to reach out to people I know for assistance and encouragement.

The environment has long been a passion of mine, and at the same time I have always loved gadgets and building things. With this project I can scratch both itches, and advance my own understanding of electronics, software and agriculture.

My initial plan is to get the help of a few people with enthusiasm and/or knowledge in the areas of gardening, environment, sensors, actuators, microcontrollers and software. Then we will probably get together and shoot crazy ideas back and forth for a bit, capturing all ideas. Following that we will give ourselves some time to digest everything, and I will create some kind of framework for us to move forward from that point.

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fvan over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1 +1

Even with honeymoon, I think I managed pretty well Had a look, and it would seem that we have 18 weeks for this particular challenge (as opposed to 12 for Forget Me Not), seems like a very long time .…

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fvan over 10 years ago

Hi!

The deadline seems far away, but as I've experienced with previous challenges, time really does fly by. Especially with Christmas and New Year in the middle of it

Curious to see what you come up with! Good luck with the challenge.

Frederick
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mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to fvan

I think you and I both knew time management was going to sort out the boys from the men (unfortunately we had no female challenger's), and it did.

At least this time you haven;t got that Honeymoon thing in the middle

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mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to fvan

I think you and I both knew time management was going to sort out the boys from the men (unfortunately we had no female challenger's), and it did.

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fvan over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

Even with honeymoon, I think I managed pretty well

Had a look, and it would seem that we have 18 weeks for this particular challenge (as opposed to 12 for Forget Me Not), seems like a very long time ...
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