Urban Farming Cabin is a high-tech, closed-environment unit designed to bring farming to urban locations. Currently in its proof of concept stage, here's how the cabin works: A large shipping container is converted into a smart greenhouse. Inside this container, plants are grown without soil through a hydroponics system.
Internet of Things (IoT) sensors control the weather inside the cabin. These sensors track temperature, humidity, light, and nutrients in real time to optimize crop cultivation.
"For example, if the temperature inside the cabin gets too high or too low, the system can automatically adjust fans or heaters to maintain the ideal conditions for plant growth," explained Mohamed Syazwan Bin Osman, the Project Lead of the Urban Farming Cabin and Senior Lecturer at UiTM.
The cabin's closed environment protects crops from pests and diseases, ensuring consistent and high yields. While it can be likened to a greenhouse, Syazwan clarified that this cabin is slightly different. "Traditional greenhouses have their merits but often require large plots of land, which are not always available in urban areas. Furthermore, they rely heavily on manual monitoring and control, which can be labor-intensive and less precise," he stated.
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