1. Open Agriculture Initiative – “Food Server”
Chris Woodle ECE 2017

2. Background
The Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg) is an open-source community on a mission to create more farmers for the future of food production.
OpenAg is building collaborative tools and platforms to develop an open-source ecosystem of food technologies that enables and promotes transparency, networked experimentation, education, and local production.” – MIT

3. Overview Sample Computer datacenter in a shipping container
Design and build scalable hardware that supports OpenAg in a 19-inch server rack form factor that could be deployed in a shipping container.
This will include the modification and/or redesign of the existing hardware created by MIT (OpenAg Personal Food Computer, see below). The PFC is a small controlled environment used for growing plants and crops for consumption and research.
Sample Computer datacenter in a shipping container

4. Team Less than a dozen people from any discipline.
Agricultural/Sustainability: ~2 students
Software: 2-3
Electrical: ~3
Mechanical: ~2
Biosystems/Biomedical: ~1
Summer 2017 availability would be ideal, but not required.

5. Software
Looking for 2-3 team members with experience or willing to learn the following technologies:
Linux
Raspberry Pi
Docker
TypeScript (strongly typed JavaScript in NodeJS)
GulpJS
ExpressJS
Mocha
Web development/design using AngularJS
MongoDB or CouchDB
Maybe Redis
Microsoft Azure or AWS
Documentation with Markdown and other self documenting tools
Tools:
VSCode/Atom/Brackets etc
Bitbucket, (Github for publishing)
Maybe Trello
Maybe Slack

6. Contact: Chris Woodle cwoodle2014@my. fit
Contact: Chris Woodle For current proposal document: