Farmer Tech: Springtime Is Here

[Guest]

Spring's here. Time for a look at tech down on the farm. From robotic fruit pickers to hydrogen fuel cell tractors, farming is taking on gadgets.

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[sublifer]

Nifty stuff. Its nice to see how modern tech is making its way into the different fields such as agriculture. (no pun intended)

 

[Guest]

14 : watermill is just a de-humidifier.. nothing special been around for YEARS... got one in my basement i use every spring to help dry up after rain & flood season. Can create probably a gallon of water...

 

[hustler539]

LOL at the donkey wagon....The Plant sensor, however, seems like a good idea for beginner gardeners.

 

[average joe]

I didn't understand the Donkey Wagon at all. Why can't you just use the solar panels to charge the cell phone. It's a wagon with a solar panel. Is it lighter than other wagons or anything? It looks like it has nice tires.

 

[Guest]

openair: Better use a white bedsheet!

 

[Guest]

Electricity storage: What if the tank explodes? About 30MWatts of compressed air can cause devastating destruction!

 

[hellwig]

[citation][nom]ProDigit80[/nom]Electricity storage: What if the tank explodes? About 30MWatts of compressed air can cause devastating destruction![/citation]
They aren't using a tank, they're using an underground aqueduct (or some other natural structure). Since it will be a few hundred (or thousand) feet below the surface, they'd have to build up some extreme pressure to do more than blow a vent hole (maybe Iowa will soon have its own Old Faithful?). I also don't think its going to be a high-pressure system, probably only a few PSI at best.

 

[hellwig]

[citation][nom]Anonymous[/nom]14 : watermill is just a de-humidifier.. nothing special been around for YEARS... got one in my basement i use every spring to help dry up after rain & flood season. Can create probably a gallon of water...[/citation]
Agreed. I was raised in the SW desert, so when I visited the east coast the concept of de-humidifying something was completely foerign to me, but yeah, they've been around forever.

 

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