Farmhack@MIT

Welcome!

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Engineers

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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

[email protected]

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!)