|
trampis
mad hatter


Registered: 01/01/06
Posts: 3,545
|
Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io 2
#23356535 - 06/18/16 01:32 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Source.
If there’s one thing that could make a cannabis connoisseur’s life easier, it would be automation. After all, how much more could one want in such a state than to do, well, nothing at all? And now, one hydroponic solution is making the weed-growing business easier than ever. Meet Gro.io, self-described as “the world’s most intelligent hydroponics system.” Creator Doug Slemmer was inspired to make the system when his wife was undergoing cancer treatments and used medical marijuana to combat the resulting nausea.
Slemmer wanted to make growing easy for other novices. It seems that the only thing this little garden won’t do for you is smoke its finished product. Thanks to the early fully-automated system (powered by the Hub), you’ll be able to take the guesswork out of everything from water top-off to system filling to aeration to super oxygenation. It’s powered by an embedded Linux OS on a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor that makes use of data from 10 separate remote sensors.
The Hub’s precision dosing means that you can rest assured that the pH of the water hydrating your plants is always exactly where it needs to be. Moreover, Gro.io’s smart sensors deliver users a “range of environmental data used to drive hydroponic automation and optimal growing conditions,” and finally, the garden’s ability to connect to the internet allows it to send you real-time email and text notifications about your growth and progress.
And while there’s not a whole lot that’s conventional about Gro.io, it does use the accepted 20-gallon buckets for individual plants, which are placed under arrays of either three or five 60-watt LED bulbs. That means you can grow up to six plants at the same time.
Right now, you can pre-order this delightful little system, but be warned — it’ll cost you. The smart hub on its own will set you back a cool $1,000, whereas the rest of the system can cost yet another $700 to $1,775. The price will ultimately vary based on how many plants you want to grow and how many lights you’d like to go along with it. If you’re ready to make the commitment, however, the company expects shipments to go out in August, so you won’t have to wait too long to bring the Internet of Things to the herb.
|
vandago



Registered: 07/07/04
Posts: 20,917
Loc: .
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: trampis]
#23356679 - 06/18/16 03:06 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
What a waste of money.
|
rackem



Registered: 11/27/09
Posts: 14,024
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: vandago]
#23356686 - 06/18/16 03:13 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
makin money off of peoples slackassing.. nicely played.
|
Eminence



Registered: 07/25/10
Posts: 16,623
Loc: Richmond, VA
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: rackem] 2
#23356770 - 06/18/16 04:27 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
That's what technology's all about mang
--------------------
|
vandago



Registered: 07/07/04
Posts: 20,917
Loc: .
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: Eminence]
#23356845 - 06/18/16 05:36 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
You still gotta flush it, trim it, cure it, and do all the tedious stuff.
|
nice1returns
I am the Holy Shit



Registered: 09/04/14
Posts: 2,303
Loc: miwuaki
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: vandago]
#23357815 - 06/18/16 11:41 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Its a good idea though price will come down as other vendors open with similar products.
I want to see everyone growing their own globally.
|
404
error


Registered: 08/20/10
Posts: 14,539
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: trampis]
#23358004 - 06/18/16 12:53 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
I've looked into making something like this with an arduino, the sensors alone were upwards of 800. I wouldn't buy someone else's project though, if i had the funds and time I would rather just make it myself, maybe upload the data to a service like plotly
|
musiclover420
psychonaut



Registered: 11/06/12
Posts: 19,563
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 2 years, 5 months
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: vandago]
#23358253 - 06/18/16 02:36 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
vandago said: You still gotta flush it, trim it, cure it, and do all the tedious stuff.
Flushing is a pretty straightforward process as is curing and trimming 
Not to mention trim machines are getting popular and while still expensive can be feasible.
-------------------- Don't worry about me, I've got all that I need. And I'm singing my song to the sky You know how it feels, With the breeze of the sun in your eyes. Not minding that time's passing by I've got all and more, My smile, just as before. Is all that I carry with me I talk to myself, I need nobody else. I'm lost and I'm mine, yes I'm free
|
404
error


Registered: 08/20/10
Posts: 14,539
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: vandago]
#23358293 - 06/18/16 02:47 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
vandago said: You still gotta flush it, trim it, cure it, and do all the tedious stuff.
The net part in the process will be to make robots that remove the plants, cut the buds, flush the soil, but then again it's probably more ideal to just not do soil altogether and just have it done in hydro/aeroponics.
Robots will be taking everyone's jobs pretty much, there's almost no job that can't be done by a robot. shit, even coding will pretty much run itself.
|
Eminence



Registered: 07/25/10
Posts: 16,623
Loc: Richmond, VA
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: 404]
#23358310 - 06/18/16 02:51 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
I wanna see robots in sports one day
--------------------
|
404
error


Registered: 08/20/10
Posts: 14,539
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: Eminence]
#23358323 - 06/18/16 02:56 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
it will happen one day, but probably a different league. like, one for humans. one for androids. and maybe a womens league too? in all honesty, the womens teams are bad fucking ass. they get hit during a soccer match, they get right back up and play. the mens teams are wusses.
|
kushroom



Registered: 12/04/14
Posts: 588
Loc: I'm lost
Last seen: 4 months, 11 days
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: 404]
#23360010 - 06/19/16 06:36 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Aka arudino.
-------------------- :/
 All submitted posts are by Someone Who Isn't Me (SWIM) - and in any event are works of pure fiction or outright lies. Any information, statement, or assertion contained therein should be considered pure unadulterated fictitious lies.
|
bigbitch
Stranger

Registered: 04/17/14
Posts: 975
Last seen: 5 years, 27 days
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: 404]
#23362078 - 06/19/16 09:16 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
404 said: I wouldn't buy someone else's project though, if i had the funds and time I would rather just make it myself, maybe upload the data to a service like plotly
I think it would be very difficult to perfect this thing alone. Then what if you have the funds, but not the time? Maybe you would be more interested in buying one. I would never buy one, or support it though. I agree with some posters, that this is ridiculous. I'm not upset at our whole human race, because some of us are lazy. Laziness is understandable, but selfishness is not. Shit, I would slack off and not do something; if the pros of not doing it outweighed the cons.
We are transitioning to robots doing all of the work. This is good in some ways, but not when we shit on our environment. The guy who invented this machine, probably invented it solely to make money. It negatively impacted the environment with all of this machinery, when you can grow weed efficiently. He's probably taking the proceeds, and buying a bunch of stuff to harm the environment more.
I really feel like a large part of the human race, is going in the wrong direction. We are focused on technological advancement, power, and money. This is unfortunately imperative to keep an "upper hand", when countries' govt.s are divided. I'm sure it will continue in this direction. Unfortunately, everyone won't just be nice and fair to each other. I've heard that without both the positive and negative, you can't have light. I feel like the world would be a nicer place, if it was not divided, and we focused on a simple healthy lifestyle. We should not use as much technology day to day, and think about mother nature more. We should focus more on a higher level of thinking, coming together, and "getting along". I guess everything happens for a reason though. Technology can be cool. Imagine life with no magnascope, telescope, or stethoscope. Maybe we will become so advanced, something good will happen, before we all collapse.
|
Cognitive_Shift
CS actual




Registered: 12/11/07
Posts: 29,591
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: bigbitch]
#23362289 - 06/19/16 10:44 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Isn't there enough information on the internet that makes growing weed not an enormous undertaking?
-------------------- L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés et désirs
|
Camwritesgonzo
The Unflushable Stool



Registered: 06/09/12
Posts: 2,333
Loc: On Uranus
Last seen: 5 months, 24 days
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
#23364135 - 06/20/16 03:29 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Cognitive_Shift said: Isn't there enough information on the internet that makes growing weed not an enormous undertaking?
Well, one would certainly think so. Even the laziest of personal growers can run to Wally-World, get a sack of soil, some pots, some nutes, maybe a can of pH strips, a timer, and some high-blue spectrum lights for under $100 bucks- even less if growing by window light. I've also known more meticulous growers who would use a well lit and reflective grow cabinet with carbon filters to minimize the stank. Any way you slice it, there's enough info out there to make it a relatively simple process. In a lot of modern growing, about all one really needs is a decent understanding of small-circuit wiring and small-scale irrigation.
-------------------- "I've always maintained that reality is for those who can't face drugs."-Tom Waits "I feel the same way about disco as I feel about herpes."-Hunter S. Thompson A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?
 
|
BlueIndian
Maestro



Registered: 01/17/10
Posts: 858
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: Camwritesgonzo]
#23364464 - 06/20/16 05:23 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
I didn't even look at it. The headline/title says it all to me..it won't work. It's like having a kid and thinking something automated will do everything for you...it won't work. Even a nanny isn't going to be there 24/7 year round.
|
BlueIndian
Maestro



Registered: 01/17/10
Posts: 858
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: BlueIndian] 1
#23364480 - 06/20/16 05:29 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
to clarify it won't clean up your grow area of dead leaves on a periodic basis. It won't drain and refill your resevoir for you..it won't prune growth that isn't needed. It won't stake up the plants as the grow. It won't look for nutrient lockout or for insects attacking the crop. Just another douche trying to make a buck on ppl's ignorance. I'm all for timers and automations that make things easier...but you can't take out the human factor and succeed.
|
Fractal420
Psycellium



Registered: 06/21/13
Posts: 5,913
Last seen: 8 months, 16 days
|
Re: Too lazy to grow weed? Let the internet of things do it for you with Gro.io [Re: BlueIndian]
#23365951 - 06/21/16 06:43 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
What about that WeedCloset thing and all those 1-2k grow chambers? I guess this is one extra step of automation. Some auto-curing and trimming, now THAT would be futuristic.
-------------------- Dreaming of That face again. It's bright and blue and shimmering. Grinning wide And comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes. Prying open MY third eye
|
|