Smart Irrigation System Edyn Aims to Simplify Growing

Edyn won’t just read soil and optimize irrigation – it will tell you what’s growing successfully around the region. Now there’s no excuse for a poor green thumb!

Last fall, I came across some really interesting reads regarding in-ground technology that viticulturists were utilizing in order to optimize the growth of their grapes while also minimizing wasted water and energy. Different variations of smart watering technology have been adopted by the agriculture industry, but like many innovations, they have been limited to large businesses. However, the development of Edyn, a wi-fi based sensor and valve that reads the soil like a psychic reads palms (but more reliably than most psychics), aims to bring affordable "smart plant growing sensors" to the masses. Edyn makes two products, the Edyn garden sensor and Edyn smart valve. The garden sensor assesses soil nutrition via sensors that are powered by a small solar panel, which pumps back a variety of critical growing information, including humidity, ambient temperature, light intensity and soil electrical properties, right to an app on your smartphone. The Edyn garden sensor communicates wirelessly with the Edyn smart valve which can be plugged directly into sprinkler systems to efficiently control waterings. (The EPA cites that some experts suggest as much as 50% of water used for irrigation is wasted due to evaporation, wind and runoff!).

This technology is combined with Photovoltaic Cells as a renewable source of energy to enhance efficiency and ensure in the same time the reliability of smart watering technology.

The innovative thing about this product is the availability of different forms of information returned to the user. Instead of only Quantitative readings, the data sent will include additional information about plant optimization growth such as: When to grow it, what to grow nearby it, and whether the soil itself needs to be adjusted through assets like time and compost products and quantities.

The uniqueness of this innovation is in the real-time data sent to the user on crop success and the incorporation with LEED projects concerning outdoor water use reduction.

Border to Border ride

نظم الاتحاد اللبناني للدراجات برعاية قائد الجيش اللبناني العماد جان قهوجي ودعم اللجنة الاولمبية اللبنانية طواف درّاجات "من الحدود الى الحدود" بتاريخ (3-8- 2014) (مسافته 220 كيلومتر) من أقصى الشمال (عند نقطة العريضة) الى اقصى الجنوب (الناقورة).

نقطة الوصول من بيروت (الواجهة البحريّة) الى النّاقورة

يتابع الجيش اللبناني نشاطاته الرياضيّة والبطولات العسكريّة بمشاركة العديد من الشخصيّات العسكريّة والمدنيّة والاتحادات الرياضيّة، في وقت يواجه فيه الارهاب والتطرّف على جميع المستويات.

للمزيد من الأخبار: www.lebarmy.gov.lb