25 Apr
2023
25 Apr
'23
12:17 p.m.
Hiya
Hope you had a good holiday.
I've made a couple of plant watering systems before, both times using a
Raspberry Pi. This was mainly to water tomato plants while on holiday.
The first one I used...
- A Raspberry Pi Zero
- A Motozero Pi add-on to control the pumps, see
https://thepihut.com/products/motozero
- 4 AZ Delivery moisture sensors, see
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07V4KXZ35
- 4 Small pumps, see https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0971BGTTG
...this was good as it provided 4 sensors and 4 pumps, but I struggled to
get it to work reliably.
For the second one, I used...
- A Raspberry Pi 3
- A Pimoro Grow kit, see https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/grow
...this was more reliable, as it's basically an off-the-shelf kit. But it
did tend to go haywire once every week or so, and flood the conservatory.
I'll bring in all the bits and bobs I can find from both this evening,
incase that's useful.
Cheers
Andy
On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 at 12:50, Amy Holt <amy(a)seads.network> wrote:
Hi Andy and Hibby,
Thanks for having me along to your Tuesday night meet up the other week.
I'm back from holiday now and plan to come along again tonight :)
I would really like to discuss the possibility of creating some kind of
autonomous plant watering system. I've ordered a soil moisture sensor
online that just arrived today:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07V2BBVQR?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&a… and
I would like to see if we could use such a thing to detect moisture levels
in soil and then feedback to a computer that could control a watering
system, potentially using pipes/tubes? Do you think something like that
might be possible? 😅
Anyway, I'll see you tonight to discuss further :)
Many thanks, Amy
On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 at 14:33, Andy Gaskell <ag(a)ssofb.co.uk> wrote:
Hi Amy
This sounds interesting, thanks for getting in touch, I, and I'm sure a
few other members, would be keen to hear more about it.
Are you free next Tuesday evening, anytime after 8? If you are, you
could pop along to our space and we could discuss it further. Tuesday
evening is our weekly open day, sort of thing, so there are typically 5 to
10 of us there. The space is in Suite H, Kettock Lodge, Innovation Park,
Campus Two, Bridge of Don, AB22 8G.
If another time / place would suit you better, please let me know.
Cheers
Andy
On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 at 14:24, Dave Hibberd <d(a)vehibberd.com> wrote:
--
Dr Amy Holt
Community Manager
SEADS (Space Ecologies Art and Design)
www.seads.network
amy.holt(a)seads.network
AGENDA SEADS
Mar 2023: exhibition, Wearable Futures, UP Open University, Los Baños, PH
Mar 2023: exhibition, Post-Planetary, Symbiosium, Fondation Fiminco,
Paris, FR
Mar 2023: talk & workshop, RTU Science and Innovation Center, Riga, LV
Apr 2023: talk, Convergence, Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts, BE
Apr 2023: talk, Hacking Worlds, ArtScience Interfaculty, KABK, The Hague,
NL
May 2023: talks, ISEA 2023, Symbiosis, Forum des Images, Paris, FR
Jun 2023: artist residency, Squatfabrik, Kulturfabrik, Luxembourg, LU
Sep 2023: performance project, Exomoon, Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, CH
This came through the mailing list - Is anyone
interested in
collaborating on a cool sounding project?
Hx
--
Hibby
MM0RFN
----- Original message -----
From: Amy Holt <amy(a)seads.network>
To: contact(a)57north.org.uk
Subject: Potential collaberation
Date: Wednesday, 5 April 2023 1:53 PM
Dear 57 North,
I tried to get in touch with you a few weeks ago, but I don't think the
email I found is correct, so I'm trying these now. Please let me know if
you have a preferred email I can contact you through though. I just sent a
message via facebook too.
I would like to introduce myself and see if you and your hackerspace
group might be interested in being involved in a new project, I and the
group I work with are planning on commencing here in Aberdeen over the next
few months. My name’s Amy and I work with the not for profit organisation
SEADS (Space Ecologies Art and Design): https://seads.network/. SEADS
has worked on a variety of projects over the last decade that focus on
cross disciplinary art-science based collaborations, involving local
communities, with an emphasis on open source working.
One project that has been run several times in multiple different
countries is called ‘Biomodd’. The premise is to fuse living ecosystems (in
some form) with technology, to develop a type of hybrid interactive art
installation. A key requirement is the use of e-waste to build new
computing systems that can interact with the living systems to generate
data, and feedback between one another. Here’s a link to some of the
previous iterations of the project:
https://seads.network/hyperproject/biomodd.
We are wanting to initiate a new Biomodd project here in Aberdeen and
were wondering if you and your group might be interested being involved?
The aim is to work towards an exhibition of the installation near the end
of May this year at an appropriate (yet to be determined) venue in the city.
As for myself, I lived in Aberdeen for about 20 years before moving to
France a few years ago, but I’m now back here working remotely and I think
it would be really interesting to initiate something like this in Aberdeen.
My background is in biological sciences and I now work in the space sector,
so I will definitely need some people (like yourselves) with more
electronics and computer focussed science skills to help out with this 😅
If you’re interested or anyone within your group might be, then please
let me know and I’d be happy to meet up online or in person to discuss
further 🙂
Extra links/resources about past Biomodd projects:
*Biomodd exhibition history*
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KMVKezD1HNn5FtE_XcK2xUgUG6M9HW1hgCttou0…
*Biomodd video documentation*
Bruges, Belgium, 2021
-
Biomodd [BRG13]: Artists discussing the concept
https://youtu.be/uOhLuhipFTs
-
Biomodd [BRG13]: The creation process and the fusion of ecology and
technology
https://youtu.be/owk-L5htH2g
-
Biomodd [BRG13]: The local community
https://youtu.be/L6IC-WGSWxw
-
Biomodd [BRG13]: An international project
https://youtu.be/Lmqw0Zt3azo
Taichung, Taiwan, 2016
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Biomodd [TAI8]: Project concept and the local community
https://youtu.be/ODBYskjPHck
*Biomodd publications*
-
When Ideas Migrate: A Postcolonial Perspective on Biomodd [LBA2]
https://isea-archives.siggraph.org/presentation/when-ideas-migrate-a-postco…
-
Biomodd: A Case Study in Combining Online Learning With On-Site New
Media Art Practice
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263844702_Biomodd_A_Case_Study_In_…
-
Biomodd as a Paradox
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263844675_Biomodd_as_a_Paradox
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Integrating social, technical and biological systems
https://www.being-here.net/page/1423
Many thanks, Amy
--
Dr Amy Holt
Community Manager
SEADS (Space Ecologies Art and Design)
www.seads.network
amy.holt(a)seads.network
AGENDA SEADS
Feb 2023: exhibition, Ēngines of Ēternity, SPACE Lab, APT Gallery,
London, UK
Mar 2023: exhibition, Wearable Futures, UP Open University, Los Baños, PH
Mar 2023: exhibition, Post-Planetary, Symbiosium, Fondation Fiminco,
Paris, FR
Mar 2023: talk & workshop, RTU Science and Innovation Center, Riga, LV
Apr 2023: talk, Convergence, Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts, BE
Apr 2023: talk, Hacking Worlds, ArtScience Interfaculty, KABK, The
Hague, NL
Jun 2023: artist residency, Squatfabrik, Kulturfabrik, Luxembourg, LU
Sep 2023: performance project, Mimikry, Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, CH
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