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P.O.W.A.R

Plant Observatory of Weather Adaptation for Resiliency

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I visualize POWAR as a machine that could replicate different climatic characteristics like light, temperature and rain in its interior, and replicate different weathers around the globe, to experiment about how the plants that we grow nowadays will grow with our future predicted weather for 2050.

This will work as a plant observatory, in which 3 different simulations will be compared, changing only one variable at a time to detect which are the optimum conditions for each plants to grow, and generate a database that will in the future feed a machine learning system that could optimice the way we grow plants.

The variables that can be changed inside are:

- Temperature (Cold and Hot) 

- Humidity / Rain

- Sunlight

This will work as a plant observatory, in which 3 different simulations will be compared, changing only one variable at a time, to detect which plant grows better than the other and with this it will generate a database that will help optimize it´s future cultive.

  1. Jan 29: - Principles and practices, project management.
    How to plan and organize my project related to the classes, separating the tasks in different processes.
  2. Feb 05 - Computer-aided design:
    Design the first visualizations of the prototype, using 2D and 3D software.
  3. Feb 12 - Computer-controlled cutting
    Cut the water filter that goes under the plant in an acrylic plate, adding several holes for the water to go down to the tank. Also the door of the project will be laser cut in acrylic.
  4. Feb 19 - Electronics production:
    Produce the Barduino that I´m going to use in the electronics for the project.
  5. Feb 26 - 3D scanning and printing:
    3D print different parts for the machine like some L angles to hold the base, some straps to hold the wires and the tubes, and small tubes or maybe a case for the electronics.
  6. Mar 04 - Electronics design:
    Design a shield that can withstand the soil moisture, ambient humidity, temperature sensors, LCD screen to be connected to the Barduino.
  7. Mar 11 - Computer-controlled machining:
    CNC the main wood structure for the prototype.
  8. Mar 18 - Embedded programming:
    Program the Barduino board to read the sensors and actuate with the actuators.
  9. Mar 25 - Input devices:
    Test different Humidity sensors to understand how it the micro-controller understands the information from the sensors, and try to create one using an ATtinny.
  10. Apr 01 - Applications and implications:
    Create an overall description of my project and how I see it is going to work in the future.
  11. Apr 08 -  BREAK!!!
    Adjust, learn, improve and rest.
  12. Apr 15 - Output devices:
    Understand and develop how to install different actuators and outputs, and make them react to different sensors. Create an speculative distance sensor with an ATtiny, for Covid social distancing.
  13. Apr 22 - Molding and casting:
    Design, Mold and Cast some rubber supports for my prototype.
  14. Apr 29 - Networking and communications:
    Connect the Barduino to the web using an MQTT protocol to send and receive information from a NodeRed dashboard that is also connected to a Weather API to gather information.
  15. May 06 - Interface and application programming:
    Design the application or interface to control the machine within the Node Red dashboard, to visualize the information gathered from the web, the sensors and actuators.
  16. May 13 - Mechanical design, machine design:
    I'm still not sure of how I'm going to use this one.
  17. May 20 - Wildcard week:
    ?????
  18. May 27 - Invention, intellectual property, and income:
    Define how the intelectual property of my project is going to work, and how I´m going to generate income from it.


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