Hack3 Auto Sprinkler

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  Plant A being watered

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  Rain is on

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  Plant B being watered

Inspiration

We ultimately wanted to make it easier for people to start a vegetable garden or plant things in their yard in general. We decided that making tools automated and easier to use would allow beginners to more easily enter the hobby. As a result, we focused on the sprinkler and tried to make it as automated as possible.

What it does

The "Simpler Sprinkler" makes watering plants easier for anyone using it. The Simpler Sprinkler automatically toggles based on the humidity in its environment, meaning it won't overwater your plants and won't waste water. Furthermore, the Simpler Sprinkler can be calibrated to a specific type of plant with one simple input, allowing it to accommodate for different optimal watering patterns for different plants. Not only does this impact the everyday person by allowing them to plant their vegetable gardens and have access to nutritious food, but this technology can also be used in the overall agricultural industry. Farmers and plantation owners alike can install these sprinklers around their farms and have an easier time calibrating their irrigation systems and growing quality food.

How we built it

We built the demo project in Scratch. Scratch is a coding language that is based on blocks that are dragged to the work panel and snap with other blocks. We made sure to include all the features we wanted to include in our product in the virtual simulation demo. These features include the automatic sprinkler system toggling and the accommodation for different types of plants.

Challenges we ran into

One challenge we ran into was identifying a problem we wanted to solve. We found that many problems we wanted to solve already had solutions on the market. After we made sure what the problem we wanted to target was though, it was easy to hone in on it and work on the project.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

One accomplishment that we are proud of is working together as a team. Being siblings that are both teenagers, we worked well together and ended up creating a good product.

What we learned

Through our research, we were surprised to find out about all the impacts of growing your vegetables yourself at home. We found out that growing food at home made your food more nutritious, resulted in a smaller carbon footprint, and could result in less waste just to name a few. As mentioned above though, this could also be extremely useful in the mass production of vegetables as it can allow for highly efficient and easily customizable irrigation.

What's next for Hack3 Auto Sprinkler

We will most likely build a prototype for our Simpler Sprinkler as our next step. If that goes very well, we may even try to sell the product to others.

Built With

• scratch