I've recently come across a service called Gratipay. In essence, one can pledge to give money each week to people or teams for the work they are doing. What makes it interesting is that it is all based on having...
In the last blog post, I outlined our reasons for and potential paths to commercialization concluding that it is commercialization, or monetization, that is a necessary component to bootstrap the FarmBot Project towards community sustainability. In this blog post are strategies that could...
The primary focus at the FarmBot Project is to build a community around using and developing FarmBot technology much like how the RepRap Project has done. This means community sustainability must be reached whereby the technology grows, the community thrives, and the work is accessible to...
Since writing the FarmBot Whitepaper I have known that this project would never become a reality without the help of others. For one, I recognize that I do not have all of the skills and resources necessary to create a functioning...
This post was originally written on the OpenFarm Blog. In this post I'm going review the entire process of creating and running the successful OpenFarm Kickstarter campaign. I'll cover what worked, what didn't, and what we would do different if we could...
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[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"] Check out this video of the FarmBot V4 Universal Tool Mount in action! [/et_pb_text][et_pb_video admin_label="Video" src="http://youtu.be/L-dJef9fXNM" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
We just launched a Kickstarter campaign for OpenFarm, a free an open database for farming and gardening knowledge! OpenFarm came out of the need for FarmBot to access structured, detailed data for how to grow a plant in a specific environment with specific growing practices....
