The Green Thumb Project
This project was one of my most ambitious, and most successful entrepreneurial endeavors. The Green Thumb Project focused on designing a modular mesh-network of ESP32-powered greenhouse monitoring sensors. The first five sensors, Water Temp, Air Temp, Humidity, Depth, and Atmospheric Pressure are already live on GitLab.
Using Docker and CherryPy, I was able to connect each IoT-enabled module to the internet, and record their sensor values. These values were then graphed, live, to an IP address, which is accessible from anywhere in the world.
All files are open source, so that community members can edit and add-on to the preexisting sensor modules. These files include 3D Printable cases, assembly instructions, and the code.
“What is the Green Thumb Project? We are a group of individuals interested in providing free, open-source projects to help people, like you, learn how to grow their own food. Stemming from the Urban Farming Guys, GTP has created a multitude of projects centered around our product: a modular greenhouse monitoring kit. These projects are designed specifically to cultivate interest in farming, and to teach the average Joe how to grow his own food at home.” - Me, circa 2018
The Green Thumb Project was a recipient of the 5000$ MOSS Grant Award by the Mozilla Foundation in 2018.
Project Update: As of Spring 2020, official work on this project has been temporarily put on hold.
You can find the entire project repository on my GitLab:
