High-Level Project Summary
MABS is a modular self-irrigating greenhouse that is capable of working in remote areas on Earth, in space, and on future planetary colonies.
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Detailed Project Description
MABS is a modular self-irrigating greenhouse that is capable of working in remote areas on Earth, in space, and on future planetary colonies.
It is an automated solution which takes care of watering the plants, checking their health and adding nutrients to the root as necessary, while the astronauts focus on more crucial tasks at hand. It does so by using Computer Vision and data acquisition from various sensors to determine the current state of the plant and performs the necessary actions to get it to the desired healthy state. It is comprised of a module which holds the Main Processing Computer (MPC) and Growth Modules, where each plant is grown. Each module can house up to 16 plants, which are all of the same type.
The system works on a parent - child basis. The MPC regulates each Growth module. The system can work with multiple Growth modules attached to the MPC allowing the user to grow several different types of plants, all the while the MPC regulates and automatically takes care of each Growth module.
Space Agency Data
Mainly Nasa data. which includes
Veggie data
Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) data
And things discussed in 1994 book "Space Physiology and Medecine" by Nicogossian, Huntoon, Pool.
Hackathon Journey
Honestly the main reason of doing all this was fun, and the challange itself.
sometimes hard challanges reward the most, and the reward is the satisfaction we get after giving a solution to hard seeming project.
We were very excited to gather with our fellow space nerds to achieve something.
Thanks to everyone that contributed to our species becoming interplanetary, i hop eour contribution will have an effect too.
References
links
https://www.nasa.gov/content/growing-plants-in-space
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/space_health/background/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-does-spaceflight-change-food-appeal
https://www.greenhousetoday.com/does-the-color-of-light-affect-plant-growth/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2021/project-examines-how-to-water-plants-in-space
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/can-space-gardening-help-astronauts-cope-with-isolation
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01982.x
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/space-station-20th-food-on-iss
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/veggie_fact_sheet_508.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/advanced-plant-habitat.pdf
https://www.campbellsci.com/soil-moisture-sensors
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01982.x
https://www.agrifarming.in/growing-broccoli-in-greenhouse-planting-farming
https://www.nof.org/patients/treatment/calciumvitamin-d/a-guide-to-calcium-rich-foods/
Tags
#hardware, #plants, #growing, #water, #irrigation, #human, #food
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