Hello vertical farmers! This is our first post, so we would like to thank element14 and sponsors for starting this great challenge to inspire new ways of doing agriculture. I heard somewhere that plants swim faster in water than fish! Faste...
Model Making I have completed the design for the ferris farm and here are some images of the completed designThe design started off as just the rotational area and the components were going to be mounted on the outside but i decided to add a com...
Hello everyone, Although I have already submitted one post to the challenge blog I really like this title format. I've seen a couple of other challengers use it and it looks very good to me. My first post was simply a design overview with not mu...
Hello again this is Blog installment number two, It is a short introduction into what I already have up and running [including a youtube walk around] This is the environment that I will be employing the Challenge kit to. It is pretty intelligent alre...
Thought i would ask the question does anybody know when the kits will be shipped i have previously asked and was told i would me contacted when they were being shipped but does anyone have any more info than that?
Variables i want to test and some updates For this design challenge i will only be placing 4 of the 8 planters into the design (the unit will be capable of holding 8 but so that i can easily access them all at any time and so that i can get into...
The Plant Blog 1: Starting The Plant and First Steps Hi everybody, Before I get into the fun stuff, I want to thank Element 14 for giving me, and my team, the opportunity to compete in this competition. I will be writing these blogs and submitt...
Introduction: In order to support growing populations in metropolitan areas with little horizontal space, food production may have to move vertically in the future. This fundamental shift provides many design challenges, and the cost of space wi...
Hey everyone! Currently, I am unable to do much because I am traveling; however, I will try to summarize my plan and talk about current ideas even though I do not currently have anything concretely set. Basically, I plan to use PVC pipes and some pla...
Thank you for selecting our entry into the design challenge. We are getting cracking on the plan. The idea is to grow Lettuce and Strawberry in vertical racks. Since both the plants are currently non-seasonal, we will have to germinate our own seeds ...
While doing my due diligence for this project, I've looked into several different real-time o/s' for the embedded devices. Plausibly, one might say that an entire O/S is overkill for this solution, but the fact is, I don't have a great amount o...
I am glad to see my application made it into the Competition along side so many other great applications, I can see this being a real challenge. about me:Graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and a masters in electrical engineering c...
Stacked Hydroponics Growing System for Vertical FarmingPreliminary Design Document by Richard Reynolds Prelude:As the world's population increases, the job of feeding this population becomes increasingly difficult. From the issues of simpl...
Well excellent! Thanks to Element14, Silicon Labs and David Hamblin for selecting me as a finalist in the Vertical Farming Design Challenge. Now, I guess it's time to make it happen. Can't wait to get the project materials and start worki...
Electronics for the farm In this post i am going to cover all of the sensors and parts i will be adding into the farm(this is currently the plan for the farm but could change over time) Movement of the farm The farm will rotate like a ...
I am going to go through my initial design idea in this post and where I am currently at on the design stage Firstly I made a quick flowchart with the basics of everything i will be adding into the farm and some notes on how it will be used ...
I found a schematic for a Ph meter that I'm likely going to use with this project. I'll be ordering the necessary parts for that on Friday, along with a few peristaltic pumps for dispensing nutrients. My plan is to start sketching up the ...
First of all, I want to say thank you very much to the selection team. I very much appreciate being given the opportunity to participate in this design challenge, and to rub shoulders with some other awesome individuals as we individually and c...
I will start off this design challenge by thanking Element 14 for giving us the opportunity to participate in the challenges and also to wish the best of luck to the 14 other challengers. I will start off this blog by detailing my plan of ...
