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Is agroduino real?
I got an arduino, an arduino sensor shield, a solid-state relay, a set of climatological sensors, a bluetooth dongle, and an Android phone. Would it be possible to build an all-in-one agricultural...
View ArticleOSAT: Mass produced or distributed?
The argument of mass production versus distributed production at this stage of the game, in my opinion, is a false dichotomy. Personally, and ideologically, I lean towards distributed production, but...
View ArticlePermaculture the Schools
The clock is still ticking, and collapse continues unabated. Most are oblivious to the true nature of the progression, what it means, why it’s happening, and most importantly, what we should do about...
View ArticleBuilding #agduino
I’ve talked to a few folks in the arduino for agriculture space over the past few days or so. There is a lot going in the arena, and after having looked at just some of what’s happening, it is...
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The Agduino Roundup
The Beaglebone Black Through lot’s of different conversations with people, I have started to put together a set of links that tracks some of the hardware/software stacks that are likely great...
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Agduino: The Top Candidate
The Solar Powered Data Acqusition Board (SODAQ)So, after much searching and discussion, I think I’ve discovered some of the top candidates on which agduino could be built. I will share these in a...
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Agduino Runner-up: Apitronics
Courtesy apitronics.com The title here is not to suggest that Apitronics is inferior to the ManyLabs/SODAQ stack. Apitronics is built around the Beagle Bone Black, which was featured in a previous post...
View ArticleVerizon Wants to Build Agduino, Too
Verizon spent millions of dollars on this ad campaign, considering it ran numerous times during the NFL Playoffs and the Superbowl. Agduino is a huge growth industry, but who will control the destiny...
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Trends in Ag: Consolidated Capital vs. Open Source Innovation
Image courtesy commons.wikimedia.org Recently I was interviewed for a CNBC article by Mark Koba entitled “Frankenstates: Winning the Agriculture Tech War.” In it, Mr. Koba has the following passage...
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IoT and the Future of Open Source
Photo courtesy Lima Pix The Internet of Things is here, in a fledgling state, but arriving with all the speed and disruption that the worldwide web and Web 2.0 did in previous decades. With the...
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