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    The team from the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo has developed a compact, IoT-enabled hydroponic planter system to help address the growing need for fresh food in urban areas. The simple, vertical planter is designed for users with little agricultural knowledge and can be installed in vacant urban spaces like rooftops and office building verandas. It uses sensors to monitor conditions and a smartphone dashboard or remote system to provide data monitoring and pump control for casual growers. The goal is to create a new food production industry by empowering consumers to grow produce with these easy-to-use hydroponic planters.

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    The team from the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo has developed a compact, IoT-enabled hydroponic planter system to help address the growing need for fresh food in urban areas. The simple, vertical planter is designed for users with little agricultural knowledge and can be installed in vacant urban spaces like rooftops and office building verandas. It uses sensors to monitor conditions and a smartphone dashboard or remote system to provide data monitoring and pump control for casual growers. The goal is to create a new food production industry by empowering consumers to grow produce with these easy-to-use hydroponic planters.

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    The team from the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo has developed a compact, IoT-enabled hydroponic planter system to help address the growing need for fresh food in urban areas. The simple, vertical planter is designed for users with little agricultural knowledge and can be installed in vacant urban spaces like rooftops and office building verandas. It uses sensors to monitor conditions and a smartphone dashboard or remote system to provide data monitoring and pump control for casual growers. The goal is to create a new food production industry by empowering consumers to grow produce with these easy-to-use hydroponic planters.

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    As urban populations continue to grow around the world, the need for fresh food, especially

    produce, is becoming critical. To help address this need, a team from the University of Electro-
    Communications in Tokyo has developed a compact, IoT-enabled hydroponic planter system.

    The planter was designed for consumers with minimal agricultural knowledge and is meant to
    occupy vacant spaces in urban areas—rooftops and verandas at office buildings, hospitals,
    schools, etc. It is the team’s belief that these planters can create a new industry for food growth
    by turning consumers into producers.

    “To ensure even the most casual of growers can succeed with the planter, we developed a remote
    monitor and control system from low-end, high-performance microcomputer boards and open-
    source software,” explained Professor Akashi Satoh of the research team. “It’s not designed for
    mass production, but for recreation where there’s no need for optimal control and high-accuracy
    sensors.”

    The planter is based on a vertical pipe for suspended cultivation. Its simple structure allows for
    easy installation, maintenance, and repair and can be used for both fruits and vegetables. Water is
    stored in a tank and pumped up into two vertical pipes that shower the plant roots. With no
    obstacles, plants can extend freely into the air and are protected from root rot–a common
    problem for hydroponic cultivation in the summer. The full structure can be viewed below in
    Figure 1, which showcases the cultivation of strawberries.

    Figure 1: The Hydroponic Planter’s Structure During Strawberry Cultivation


    The planter uses a variety of sensors to measure liquid fertilizer concentration, water level, water
    temperature, luminance, temperature, and humidity. The measurement circuit of the water level
    can be seen in Figure 2.

    Figure 2: Water Level Measurement Circuit

    While a smartphone dashboard can provide real-time data monitoring and pump control,
    additional monitoring is needed in remote cultivation. To provide users with as much
    information as possible, the team equipped the planter system with an image monitoring service.
    Because transmitting high-resolution video on a low-bandwidth service can be difficult and
    costly, images of the planter and motion detection data are sent to the dashboard every few
    minutes.
    Figure 3: Example Network for Remote Management

    As the team continues to tweak the planter system, it will look for ways to add more features
    while keeping costs low. Still, they believe the system’s simplicity is an excellent way to get
    urban hydroponic planting off the ground and to transform how consumers grow produce.

    “Moving forward, we are going to implement adaptive control for the water pump and liquid
    fertilizer concentration based on the weather,” said Professor Satoh. “We would also like to
    implement a cultivation advisory function and a communication system between users.”

    For more information on hydroponics, visit the IEEE Xplore digital library.

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