energy

By Nir

This small gadget uses the water flowing in a pipe or hose to generate electricity to light a small LED to warn that water is being used. We have had a few incidents of forgetting the tap on while it...

By Trust In Nature

A seed germination chamber using a broken upright freezer. I got the idea from DGrover's "Sweat box" Germination Chamber: http://farmhack.org/tools/sweat-box-germination-chamber. I added onto their design by adding lighting, air circulation, a heat source and temperature/humidity gauges. This is a functioning...

By pixel

I'm interested in others ideas and knowledge related to creating a mobile solar powered electric fence. This sketch represents my concept and the products available online costing less than $100. My goal is to allow two pigs the ability to...

By hygicell

about a year ago I started to investigate automatic fish feeders for my aquaponics pilot plant.

By chriscallahanuvm

This tool demonstrates the use of two thermostats to provide a control system for an air exchange fan that draws cold outside air in to cool a storage room for winter crops. The control essentially provides a differential temperature...

By dorn

Low cost farm wide WiFi to enable remote sensors and any other WiFi enabled device.

By Inventorpaul61

Self driven laydown weeder. It runs on a 350 watts electric motor. It is geared down so top speed is around half a mile an hour, which is enough for weeding,( Most weeders don't go faster than a quarter mile...

By mattwallhead

The rocket-clave is a wood-fired autoclave. The rocket-clave was designed in order to reduce fossil-fuel consumption (specifically propane) in the production of edible and medicinal mushrooms.

By DGrover

In the winter and early spring, seedlings in the greenhouse need extra protection from frost. Bench heating systems can provide the necessary bottom heat but without covering the bench, much of the heat is lost. Farmers typically cover their benches...