Des drones intelligents au secours de l'agriculture biologique Quand les drones ne sont pas employés pour survoler des centrales nucléaires ou pour livrer des colis d'une quelconque multinationale, ils peuvent parfois trouver une utilité dans le milieu alternatif. Michael Godfrey, un jeune étudiant en agronomie de l'université du Queensland (Australie), propose une application peu commune pour ces engins : le lâcher d'insectes.

The LED lights are a key part of the farm's magic. They allow Shimamura to control the night-and-day cycle and accelerate growth. "What we need to do is not just setting up more days and nights," he says. "We want to achieve the best combination of photosynthesis during the day and breathing at night by controlling the lighting and the environment." Shimamura says that the systems allows him to grow lettuce full of vitamins and minerals two-and-a-half times faster than an outdoor farm. He is also able to cut discarded produce from 50 percent to just 10 percent of the harvest, compared to a conventional farm. As a result, the farms productivity per square foot is up 100-fold, he says.

ArduGate is a web gateway for Arduino. It makes interactions between in-browser JavaScript and Arduino possible. It is made up of a serial-to-HTTP gateway, some JavaScript routines performing communication with AJAX and an agent sketch running on Arduino. This makes developing a up-stream application for Arduino that runs on any platform with a browser a lot easier.

A simple and flexible JavaScript and Node.js Framework for accessing basic Arduino controls from Web Applications using HTML5, Socket.IO and Node.js. Initialize your Arduino board, define registered pins and send commands. Use digital and analog read or write to control buttons or switch connected LEDs.

Climote gives precision temperature, humidity and light level information. Growmote tells you when your plants need watering, how much light they're getting and if frost is coming. Thermote sends you temperature information of an object it's pointed at: water, food, your pet gekco, or even your body!