Urban farming uses aquaponics to make farmland where there is none
[Eric Maundu] is farming in Oakland. There are no open fields in this concrete jungle, and even if there were the soil in his part of town is contaminated and not a suitable place in which to grow...
View ArticleNo sleep till Brooklyn aquaponics installation is complete
This is some extreme gardening. [I Am Become Derpth] didn’t let lack of space or tillable soil stop him from growing a bountiful harvest. Instead of cutting though prairie sod to begin the farming he...
View ArticleAquaponic System Uses Arduino For Consistent Performance
Food is just one of those things that we need to survive. Plants can grow on their own without human intervention but the quantity and quality of the crop will vary from year to year. Even elaborate...
View Article2015 THP Inspiration: The Environment
It’s not as flashy as Tesla coils or electric vehicles going 200 mph, but the environment is more important than a bunch of cool baubles and sparks flying everywhere. When it comes to this year’s...
View ArticleHacklet 50 – Hydroponic Projects
Growing plants without soil has been has been amazing people for centuries. First written about in the 1600’s, hydroponics has become an industry with numerous techniques for germinating and sustaining...
View ArticleHackaday Prize Entry: A Reagent Robot
If you’re testing the amount of ammonia, nitrates, or just the pH of a pond, pool, or aquaculture setup, there’s two ways to do it. The first is with test tubes and chemicals: put some water in the...
View ArticleHackaday Prize Semifinalist: Better DIY Aquaculture
The theme of this year’s Hackaday Prize is ‘build something that matters’. For a lot of the teams entering a project, that means solving world hunger, specifically though agriculture. Grains are great,...
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