I-Corps Teams: Agriculture/Hydroaquaponics Greenhouse Bioscience Smart Phone App Simulations & Software and Science Education Curriculum Module

在过去的几年里，人们对生菜和其他水培温室植物的生长以及水族箱中的鱼的生长产生了很大的技术兴趣。管理水培花园和水族馆的健康对一些农业和渔业以及大学、学校和社区的教育和游戏目的很重要。拟议的产品是一款创新的移动和基于网络的应用程序，它连接到真实的植物，并提供一个人的指尖园艺/农业智能。目前，植物和鱼类健康的数据收集、管理和分析对于较小的种植者、业余爱好者和学校来说效率很低，对于较大的农业和渔业来说非常昂贵。该小组创建了一个数据收集门户和社交媒体平台，以收集和分享水培和水培农民的信息，这将改善对温室食品和水族箱的可持续监测。该平台利用阿克伦大学开发的水培传感器，可以检测水培植物和水培系统的水文、pH、电导率、营养水平和温度。该平台将传感器数据与计算机模拟和最终用户应用程序相结合，以允许实时获取信息和指导。开发的平台包括通过网络的社交媒体连接，用户可以在这里与其他种植者建立网络联系，分享信息并相互提问。该平台还将生成原始数据的可视化，以帮助用户跟踪和分析他们的水培和水培系统。

There is a lot of technological interest over the past few years around growth of lettuce and other hydroponic greenhouse plants, as well as fish in aquaria. Managing the health of hydroponic gardens and aquariums are important to a number of agricultural and fishing industries as well as universities, schools and communities for educational and gaming purposes. The proposed product is an innovative mobile and web-based App which connects to real plants and provides gardening/farming intelligence at one's fingertips.Today data collection, management, and analysis of plant and fish health is very inefficient for smaller growers, hobbyists and schools, and very costly for the larger agricultural and fishing industries. The team has created a data collection portal and social media platform to collect and share information hydroponic and aquaponic farmers which should improve sustainable monitoring for greenhouse foods and aquaria. The platform leverages a hydroponic sensor developed at University of Akron that can detect hydrology, pH, electrical conductivity, nutrient levels, and temperature of hydroponic plants and aquaponic systems. The platform couples sensor data with computer simulations and end-user applications to allow information access and guidance in real-time. The platform developed includes social media connectivity over the web, where users can network with other growers can share information and ask each other questions. The platform will also generate visualizations of raw data to help users track and analyze their hydroponic and aquaponic systems.