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== Thank you Lonny == I appreciate your kind words, but I'd like a follow up please! If no one took my idea for their project, I can accept that. What I'd like you to know though is that I'm willing to work with any group. Anything they'd like to try, I'd be willing to create it (as long as they explain how) to see the project through to it's usefulness. It specifically needs computer people such as Networking, Linux server and programming with DB, Rasp Pi and Ubunbtu Phone skills, app or site to follow individual plants real time, home (or garden) automation, 3d printing and drawing, robotics, artificial intelligence maybe. Sensors to report things like drip frequency, ground moisture levels (possibly at various levels), and more (I'll add to this as I think of more.It has many many intricate problems, but each is relatively simple, but not thought out yet. With WLAN and location it would be possible to have roving cameras (possibly actual robots. What I want to show with this is that many people could answer small pieces little by little, each individual addition is only somewhat linked with other ideas. which allows people in various parts of the world to each do their part and so perfect for a WIKI. I believe it would be a homesteaders dream to be able to plant a vegetable garden and then let it manage its self, even tells you when things are ripe. As an example: If I put a step motor (or equivalent) at the plant, along with sensors, what's the most inexpensive way to get the info to and from the server? Maybe IoT? Simply drip automation is the one step which could, for almost no money, be regulated and monitored without people. Most importantly, this could, if designed properly, be done for under $1.00 per plant. Please tell me how to make my project more interesting? I'd be happy to answer any questions, with video if that helps! Solving this problem would, in my opinion, do a great deal toward making homesteading efficient, while putting a big dent in the Zero Hunger timetable. PLEASE contact me! {{Unsigned|Big O|06:28, 23 November 2016}} :Hi Big O, :My Engr305 class starts in January. You can see some of the projects here - [[Engr305 Appropriate Technology Projects]]. That class does not usually do IoT work, but I will suggest it to class. I will also show them this page and offer this project up as a possible project. I added your page to the potential project list at [[Engr305 Appropriate Technology potential projects]]. Feel free to add more context. :Thanks! --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] ([[User talk:Lonny|talk]]) 17:13, 23 November 2016 (PST) ::Thank you Lonny, I couldn't ask for more! ::I want to make one point before January, the IoT part is only an option. I originally saw this as a building block project to begin simply as a dripper which is computer controlled, but can be expanded with sensors and controllers of various types when time and requirements call for them. The first and utmost priority is that a low budget version be created which could be deployed in great number to feed entire villages at low cost. All the rest is fluff which can be added to enhance automation at a reasonable price. As IoT comes down in price it will eventually become the way to go, but the beginning should be modest. : :-) Big O --[[User:Big O|Big O]] ([[User talk:Big O|talk]]) 16:00, 14 December 2016 (CET)
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