Ke kelepona ʻana i kahi mea ʻike makamae lepo ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai

Ua kūkulu ʻo Colleen Josephson, he loea kōkua o ka ʻenekinia uila a me ka lolouila ma ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Santa Cruz, i kahi prototype o kahi hōʻailona radio-frequency passive i hiki ke kanu ʻia ma lalo o ka honua a hōʻike i nā nalu lekiō mai kahi mea heluhelu ma luna o ka honua, i paʻa ʻia e ke kanaka. lawe ʻia e ka drone a kau ʻia paha i kahi kaʻa.E haʻi ka mea ʻike i nā mea kanu i ka nui o ka makū o ka lepo ma muli o ka manawa e lawe ai kēlā mau nalu lekiō i ka huakaʻi.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o Josephson ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻike mamao i nā hoʻoholo irrigation.
"ʻO ka manaʻo nui e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pololei o ka irrigation," wahi a Josephson."Ke hōʻike nei nā haʻawina he mau makahiki i ka wā e hoʻohana ai ʻoe i ka irrigation sensor-informed, mālama ʻoe i ka wai a mālama i nā hua kiʻekiʻe."
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o nā pūnaewele sensor i kēia manawa, e koi ana i nā panela lā, nā uwea a me nā pilina pūnaewele e hiki ke holo i nā tausani kālā no kēlā me kēia kahua hoʻokolokolo.
ʻO ka hopu ka mea heluhelu e hele ma kahi kokoke i ka tag.Manaʻo ʻo ia e hiki i kāna hui ke hana i loko o 10 mau mika ma luna o ka honua a hiki i ka 1 mika ka hohonu o ka honua.
Ua kūkulu ʻo Josephson a me kāna hui i kahi prototype kūleʻa o ka hōʻailona, ​​​​he pahu i kēia manawa e like me ka nui o kahi pahu kāmaʻa i loaʻa ka ʻike lekiō i hoʻohana ʻia e kekahi mau pihi AA, a me kahi mea heluhelu ma luna.
Kākoʻo ʻia e kahi haʻawina mai ka Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hana hou i ka hoʻokolohua me kahi prototype liʻiliʻi a hana i nā kakini o ia mau mea, lawa no nā hoʻokolohua kahua ma nā mahiʻai i mālama ʻia.Aia nā ho'āʻo i nā lau lau a me nā hua, no ka mea, ʻo ia nā mea kanu nui ma ke awāwa ʻo Salinas kokoke i Santa Cruz, wahi āna.
ʻO kahi pahuhopu e hoʻoholo i ka maikaʻi o ka hele ʻana o ka hōʻailona ma nā lau lau.I kēia manawa, ma ke kahua, ua kanu lākou i nā hōʻailona e pili ana i nā laina kulu a hiki i 2.5 kapuaʻi a ke kiʻi nei lākou i ka heluhelu lepo pololei.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka poʻe loea irrigation Northwest i ka manaʻo - ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o ka irrigation pololei - akā he nui nā nīnau.
Makemake ʻo Chet Dufault, kahi mea kanu e hoʻohana ana i nā mea hana hoʻoheheʻe automated, i ka manaʻo akā pale i ka hana e pono ai e lawe i ka sensor i kahi kokoke i ka tag.
"Inā pono ʻoe e hoʻouna i kekahi a iā ʻoe iho ... hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i kahi noiʻi lepo i 10 kekona e like me ka maʻalahi," wahi āna.
Ua nīnau ʻo Troy Peters, ke kaukaʻi ʻenekinia ʻōnaehana biological ma Washington State University, pehea ka hopena o ke ʻano o ka lepo, ka nui, ke ʻano a me ka ʻūhā i ka heluhelu ʻana a inā pono e hoʻohālikelike ʻia kēlā me kēia wahi.
ʻO nā haneli o nā mea ʻike, hoʻokomo ʻia a mālama ʻia e nā ʻenehana ʻoihana, e kamaʻilio me ka lekiō me kahi mea hoʻokipa hoʻokahi i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka panel solar a hiki i 1,500 kapuaʻi ka mamao, a laila e hoʻoili i ka ʻikepili i ke ao.ʻAʻole pilikia ke ola pākaukau, no ka mea, kipa kēlā mau ʻenehana i kēlā me kēia sensor i hoʻokahi manawa i ka makahiki.
Hoʻolohe nā prototypes a Josephson i nā makahiki he 30, wahi a Ben Smith, ka loea irrigation loea no Semios.Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i kanu ʻia me nā uwea i hōʻike ʻia e hoʻopili kino ʻia e ka mea hana i loko o kahi waihona ʻikepili paʻa lima.
Hiki i nā mea ʻike o kēia lā ke wāwahi i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka wai, ka meaʻai, ke aniau, nā pest, a me nā mea hou aku.No ka laʻana, lawe nā mea ʻike lepo o ka hui i nā ana i kēlā me kēia 10 minuke, e ʻae ana i nā mea loiloi e ʻike i nā ʻano.