Agriculture is one of those skills that just seems to escape my grasp; I understand its importance and that water, sun, and time are the key ingredients, but I still manage to botch all my green-thumb activities. There's a certain satisfaction that must come with growing your own food and consuming products that you had a part in creating, knowing where it came from and how it was produced also adds some peace of mind. For those of you like me that don't seem to have this skill, I'd like to show off the Farmbot. This marvel of technology and robotics operates on any sized patch of soil to efficiently grow enough green goods to feed you for a year. The single arm setup waters, seeds, and even pulls weeds with the assistance of an-board camera, making the most of a very minimal construction. The companion app has some nifty features like a drag-and-drop plot map thats just like Farmville, adjustable watering schedules, and remote monitoring while you're away (just in case your plants develop locomotive skills). The Farmbot software is all open source, so the only cost to you is the Farmbot kit that will sell for $3900, but for the rest of July preorders, is at an attractive $2900 price tag. Think of all the money you'll be saving by growing all of your own produce over the course of the year, the value is there. Heres to welcoming in the future with Farmbot!
