THE VIDEO SHELF · urban aquaponics
Internet of food: Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland
A short documentary about Eric Maundu's Arduino-controlled aquaponics setup in West Oakland, where contaminated soil rules out ordinary farming. Fish and circulating water grow plants without soil.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it as a neat example of urban aquaponics and as a plausible alternative path for people leaving programming.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Kirsten Dirksen
- Topic
- urban aquaponics
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2018
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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You should go talk to the guy that runs an aquaponics program near West Oakland BART. [VIDEO] Dude is amazing. My mother took a really interesting Saturday class from him.
andymoe on Hacker News · 2014-06
In Any tech startups we can meet with today for coffee?Kijani Grows based out of Oakland has been doing work in this space for several years. I recall watching [VIDEO] was pretty neat.
roflchoppa on Hacker News · 2018-10
In Ask HN: Does anyone farm with aquaponics?
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