Next Step Microgrant: Indoor Farm Open Data Tracker

ClaytonMooney commented 2 years ago

1. What is your project? (max 100 words)

Nebullam is an indoor vertical farm big on data and sustainability. As a way to promote and support open data standards in the indoor farming industry, Nebullam has developed an open source energy tracking application and schema that serves as a proof of concept of how blockchain technology can be utilized to create an immutable record of energy usage for the analysis and study of environmental impact at scale.

2. Project links

Link to Github repo:

https://github.com/Omni-Analytics-Group/Sustainable-Blockchain-Hackathon-Indoor-Farm-Env-Impact-Tracker

Link to demo or website, if applicable:

https://youtu.be/oXBEGoD8YR0?list=PLaiSf_XWcFZXBgl9MDujEdbyMDDJ-2uh5

https://bd1b-103-179-10-237.in.ngrok.io/

License: GPL

3. How is IPFS, Filecoin, or related technology used in this project? (max 100 words)

How is IPFS, Filecoin, or related technology used in this project? (max 100 words)

 The app uses IPFS for storing the open farm tracking data, There are 2 entry points to connect with IPFS layer.
 1. App can communicate with a given IPFS node and use it to upload data and pin it for more tech-savvy users.
 2. It also provides an option to connect a pinning service account, specifically Pinata, to upload data for users who don't want to interact with the IPFS node hosting.

 Then the app uses a list of public IPFS gateways to fetch the data. After getting the data the app does some analysis and presents the data in charts making it easy to digest.

4. How will you improve your project with this grant? What steps will you take to meet this objective? (max 200 words)

We want to standardize the data, including more possible variations so that it can easily accommodate new farms participating and their different data needs.
We want to improve the analysis to be performed on the data to include more charts that will look into the data and provide additional useful metrics and charts.
Polish the UI of the app to make it more robust and user-friendly.

5. Do you agree to share grant reports upon request, including a final grant report at the end of the three month period?

Yes

6. Does your proposal comply with our Community Code of Conduct?

Yes

7. Links and submissions

If your project began at a hackathon, have you submitted it for the relevant Protocol Labs prizes? Include links here if available: https://github.com/Omni-Analytics-Group/Sustainable-Blockchain-Hackathon-Indoor-Farm-Env-Impact-Tracker

Additional questions:

For each team member(s), please list name, email, Github account, and role in the project. Clayton Mooney - c@nebullam.com - Project Lead Lawrence Mosley - lawrence@omnianalytics.org - Lead Data Scientist
How did you learn about our microgrant program? We received an email that encouraged us to apply.
If your project was created as part of an event or hackathon:
- What was the name of the event? Sustainable Blockchain Hackathon
Please link to your hackathon submission: https://github.com/Omni-Analytics-Group/Sustainable-Blockchain-Hackathon-Indoor-Farm-Env-Impact-Trac

omnianalytics commented 2 years ago

Hey @ErinOCon , is there an ETA on when we can expect to hear back from the grants committee? @ClaytonMooney and I would love to get started on this!

ErinOCon commented 2 years ago

Hi @omnianalytics, thank you for your patience! This grant has been approved! Look out for an email to confirm payment details.

Please note that your final grant report is due within three months and can be submitted here. Please let us know if you have any questions!

ErinOCon commented 1 year ago

Hi @omnianalytics, I hope you are doing well! Can you provide a final report for this project here? Please let us know if you have any questions!

omnianalytics commented 1 year ago

Hey @ErinOCon ! Thanks for following up with us. We're almost done and will update the repo, as well as fill out the final report, by the end of the month.

omnianalytics commented 1 year ago

@ErinOCon , we've finished! :) You should have a completed of the final report in your Airtable now. Thanks again for this opportunity!

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