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Welcome!
Farmers
Hackers
Engineers
Enthusiasts
Gardeners
CultivatorsComposters
Bikers
Entrepreneurs
Growers of things
Makers of things
Inventors
Where We’re Headed
9:00 Introductions9:30 Pitches10:00 Teamwork 112:00 Lunch (Working)1:00 Teamwork 22:30 Tour (Optional)4:00 Pitch prep5:00 Break6:00 Mixer6:30 Ignite pitches
Special Thanks!
Housekeeping
#farmhack
“Cambridge” using fh305
http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/about/livestream
Introductions
Its easy!
• You have a nut or a bolt
• Someone else has one that fits
• Find them
• Get to know each other!
Time: 20minsNext up: Pitches!
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Go!
Pitches
• 3 minutes• Farmers first• Engineers next
Time: 30minsNext up: Team work
Farmer pitches!
Smart switch for gravity-fed water system
Krissie NagyBrooklyn Bumpkin
Cultivating bike
Don Lareau Zephyros Farm and Garden
Pedal powered compost
Wenzday Jane, Erik Petterssen Metro Pedal Power
Clayton FountainGroundworks Somerville
Kid-friendly compost turning tool
Francey Hart SlaterCitySprouts
Small-scale tractor-mounted spray equipment
Amanda CatherWaltham Fields Community Farm
Low pressure drip line for passive irrigation
John BakewellB&B Farms
Spray equipment for challenging organic mixes
John BakewellB&B Farms
Pest control
John BakewellB&B Farms
Expedient grain harvesting processing
John BakewellB&B Farms
Lay-down one-person picking cart
Richard RobinsonSherborn
Compost dumping cart
Richard RobinsonSherborn
Modified bailing dolly
Richard RobinsonSherborn
Multi-bucket compost carrying system
Richard RobinsonSherborn
Multi-bucket compost carrying system
Richard RobinsonSherborn
Engineer pitches!
Zero energy grow house farm cooperative
Matthew KihmRISD
Intelligent irrigation system
Steve ShoapMIT
Intelligent Irrigation Systems save water.
I will show past, present, and a proposed
future topology.
I need feedback and some support.
TEE
TEE
CROSS
ELBOW
PUMP
WATER
COMPUTER
SPRAYVALVE
SPRAYVALVE
SPRAYVALVE
MOISTURESENSOR
COMPUTER CONTROLLEDIRRIGATION SYSTEM (OLD TECHNOLOGY)
SEPARATELYTRENCHED INCONDUIT
TEE
TEE
CROSS
ELBOW
PUMP
WATER
COMPUTER& SINGLE WIRE PAIR
SPRAYVALVE
SPRAYVALVE
SPRAYVALVE
SEPARATELYTRENCHED INCONDUIT
MOISTURESENSOR
COMPUTER CONTROLLEDIRRIGATION SYSTEM (CURRENT TECHNOLOGY)
TEE
TEE
CROSS
ELBOW
PUMP
WATER
LOW VOLTAGEWIRE PAIR
COMPUTER& DATA NETWORK
SPRAYVALVE
SPRAYVALVE
SPRAYVALVE
MOISTURESENSOR
COMPUTER CONTROLLEDIRRIGATION SYSTEM (PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY)
ONLY PIPE IS TRENCHED!
Pipe Coupler with Embedded Wires
PVC with Embedded Wires
PVC with Embedded Wires
Plastic pipe with co-extruded wire pair
Wire penetration device
Industry alreadyembeds one wire
New Topology Advantages
The proposed embedded wire pair will work with
any existing two wire system:
Rainbird, Hunter, etc.
No conduits for wires suggests lower
installation costs and material costs.
Zero wire splices should improve reliability.
My Needs
• I will soon have a U.S. patent and International Patent rights.
• I need partners for international filing.($$$)
• I need to generate interest in the invention.
• I need feedback from potential users.
Steve Shoap
MSEE MIT
www.water-wire-irrigation.com
IFFC LLC
781-521-4687
Shop
• Pitchers set up “shop”
• The rest of you follow your feet
• When you have critical mass make a team
• Find a spot, get to work
Team work
• Work alternative approaches to solutions• Narrow focus to one or two approaches• Prototype solutions
Three rules• Engineers listen to farmers• Law of two feet• Butterfly effect
Time: 2hrsNext up: Working lunch
Hack!
Project planning
• You’ve got an innovative solution you’re excited about
• Time to talk execution – how will you work together to- Develop a prototype- Test the prototype- Define next steps
Time: 2hrsNext up: Pitch preparation
Pitch Prep
• Product “In a Box”
• Six parts to a story
• Six minutes to sell it
Tesseract it!
• Six surfaces
• Each surface reveals something
• For example- What’s it called?- What’s it do?- etc
Time: 1hr
Next up: Mixer & pitches!
Welcome & Intros
Housekeeping
#farmhack
“Cambridge” using fh305
http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/about/livestream
About Farmhack
• Beginning of a dialogue
• Small-scale farms as innovation labs
• Tackle regional opportunities
• Boost competitiveness of local agriculture
Pitch!
And thank you
(that’s a wrap!)