Ka 2050, palo ea baahi ba US e hakanngoa hore e tla hola ho fihla ho limilione tse 400, 'me palo ea baahi ba lefatše e fihla ho limilione tse likete tse 9.1, e hlokang keketseho ea 70% ea tlhahiso ea lijo lefatšeng ka bophara.
UC Merced ke e 'ngoe ea likhamphani tse' ne ho pholletsa le naha tse kopaneng ho tobana le phephetso eo ka ho sebelisa matla a boqapi le theknoloji ho ntshetsa pele temo e nepahetseng bakeng sa bokamoso bo tsitsitseng.
E etelletsoe pele ke Univesithi ea Pennsylvania, UC Merced, Univesithi ea Purdue le Univesithi ea Florida e fumane chelete e ncha ea $26 milione ea lilemo tse hlano ea National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers (ERC) ho theha Setsi sa Lipatlisiso sa Boenjiniere sa NSF bakeng sa Marang-rang a Lintho bakeng sa Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag). ERC ke mananeo a mantlha a boenjiniere a NSF bakeng sa lipatlisiso tse sokolohang ho rarolla mathata a maholo a sechaba.
Morero o akaretsang oa IoT4Ag ke ho netefatsa polokeho ea lijo, matla le metsi ka ho nts'etsapele theknoloji ho eketsa tlhahiso ea lijalo ha ho ntse ho fokotsa ts'ebeliso ea matla le mehloli ea metsi le ho fokotsa tšusumetso ea litloaelo tsa temo tikolohong. Ka kopanelo, Setsi sa IoT4Ag se tla boela se thehe liphaephe tse fapaneng tsa talenta tse nang le K-12 le baithuti ba univesithi, baenjiniere, litsebi tsa temo le litho tse ling tsa sechaba sa lihoai ka lithuto tse khethehileng tsa bamameli le mesebetsi ea matsoho ka phapusing, laboratori le mesebetsi ea masimong. Ka ho kopanya balekane ba thuto, mmuso le indasteri le sechaba sa lihoai, Setsi se tla theha mokhoa oa ntlafatso oa tikoloho o netefatsang phetoho e potlakileng ea mekhoa le mahlale a IoT4Ag ho lihlahisoa tsa khoebo, hape o tla netefatsa hore phetoho e joalo e hahuoa ka mokhoa o tsitsitseng oa moruo le oa sechaba. tšusumetso kelellong.
"Re ikemiselitse ho etsa litsamaiso tse baballang litšenyehelo tseo lihoai li tla li sebelisa," ho boletse moprofesa oa UC Merced Catherine Keske, khamphase e etelletse pele bakeng sa morero o mocha. "Re tla be re haha ka holim'a lebelo leo UC Merced e seng e ntse e le teng temong e nepahetseng."
Sehlopha se qalang lekaleng la UC Merced la IoT4Ag se na le lipatlisiso tsa moruo oa temo Keske, hammoho le moprofesa. Lebitso la Stefano Carpin liroboto le ho ithuta ka mochini, moprofesa Lebitso la Erin Hestir ho lemoha hole le tlhahlobo ea sebaka; le moprofesa Reza Ehsani's precision ag tse qapiloeng, leha Keske a boletse hore mosebetsi oa litho tse ling tsa lefapha la thuto le baithuti ba tsoang khamphaseng eohle e tla ba karolo ea katleho ea IoT4Ag.
ERC e na le tlholisano e kholo 'me ena ke eona Sekolo sa Boenjiniere ho kenya letsoho pele ho e le 'ngoe. Moetapele oa Boenjiniere Mark Matsumoto o hatelletse hore sebopeho sa setsi sa mefuta e mengata se tlisa bafuputsi ba UC Merced menyetla e batlang e se na moeli ea ho sebelisana le liunivesithi tsa lipatlisiso tse thehiloeng tseo kaofela e leng litho tse tummeng tsa Mokhatlo oa Liunivesithi tsa Amerika.
"Lipatlisiso le boiteko bo amanang le bona bo tla etsoa ka thuso ena ke tsa bohlokoa molemong oa boiketlo ba sebaka sa rona ka ho batla ho hlahisa mekhoa ea theknoloji e tla ntlafatsa le ho boloka mekhoa ea temo," ho boletse Matsumoto. "Ke thabile haholo hore ebe re karolo ea morero ona oa bohlokoa - o supang ho ananeloa ho hoholo ha sekolo le khamphase."
Karolo ea taelo ea ERC ke ho kopanya mefuta e mengata ea lithuto tsa thuto ho sebetsana le mathata; e 'ngoe ke ho theha basebetsi ba fapaneng le ba kenyeletsang ho tsoa ho pholletsa le United States. Ka ho sebelisana 'moho le indasteri le sechaba se pharaletseng sa baithuti, fakalthi le litsebi, Setsi sa IoT4Ag se tla theha mokhoa o mocha oa tikoloho ho ntšetsa pele boiteko bona lilemong tse mashome tse tlang.
Bophirima, Midwest le East Coast kaofela li emetsoe ho IoT4Ag, ka libaka tsa tšebelisano 'moho le libaka tsa thuto le lipatlisiso naheng ka bophara, li fana ka menyetla e se nang moeli bakeng sa baithuti, bo-rakhoebo le ba amehang ba bang.
Setsi sa IoT4Ag se arotsoe ka likarolo tse tharo tse kopantsoeng, ka lihlopha tsa bafuputsi ba sebetsang ho mahlale a ho utloa, a puisano le a karabelo.
IoT4Ag e lutse Sekolong sa Boenjiniere, empa lekala la UC Merced, molemong oa puisano, le tla kenyelletsa tse ling tse ngata: the Setsi sa Patlisiso ea Theknoloji ea Boitsebiso ka Thahasello ea Sechaba (CITRIS), UC Metsi, bafuputsi ba drone le matla, tsamaiso ea litsebi tsa mekhoa e rarahaneng, litsebi tsa moruo oa sechaba le bahlahlobi ba litaba tse kholo, hammoho le sechaba, sebaka le naha.
"Re batla ho kenyelletsa bohle ba nang le maikutlo a mabapi le boenjiniere ba ag, ho tloha ho lihoai, basebetsi ba mapolasing le bana ba basebetsi ba mapolasing har'a sehlopha sa rona sa baithuti ho isa ho balekane ba mmuso le indasteri," Keske o boletse. Joalo ka litho tse ling tsa sehlopha, Keske o tla roala likatiba tse 'maloa ha boikitlaetso bo ntse bo tsoela pele.
O ikarabella bakeng sa mefuta-futa le ho kenyeletsa, mme a re o batla ho tšoara lihlopha, ho kopa lihoai le lihlopha tsa lihlahisoa ho ba ka har'a boto ea boeletsi ea IoT4Ag ho UC Merced le ho etela libaka tsa masimo ho hlahloba basebetsi ba mapolasing le bona.
"Re batla hore bohle ba be le lentsoe tabeng ena," Keske o boletse.
Penn o boetse a fane ka karolo e kholo ea tekanyetso ea ERC bakeng sa maeto le mananeo a ho koetlisa baithuti, Keske o boletse. Morero oa IoT4Ag o hloka hore ho kenyeletsoe baithuti ba pele ho koleche, koleche ea sechaba le baithuti ba univesithi ka lithuto tse ikhethileng tsa bamameli le ho sebetsa ka tlelaseng, lab le mosebetsi oa masimong; boeletsi le boeletsi; le mefuta e fapaneng ea mesebetsi ea sechaba le ea setsebi ho lokisa basebetsi ba fapaneng ba bokamoso ho rarolla mathata a maholo a sechaba a tšireletso ea lijo, matla le metsi.
Mehloli ea lefats'e e nang le moeli, metsi le matla e hloka mahlale a macha le mekhoa e mecha ho ntlafatsa ts'ebetso le botsitso ba mefuta eohle ea tlhahiso ea lijo.
"Re ka theha theknoloji le lits'ebetso tse tla thusa lihoai ho laola lijalo tsa bona ho fihlela lintlha tse nepahetseng tsa metsi le limatlafatsi tsa mobu," Keske o boletse. "Litheknoloji tsa dijithale li na le monyetla oa ho ntlafatsa ts'ebetso, tekano, polokeho, phepo e nepahetseng, bophelo bo botle le botsitso ho pholletsa le lits'ebetso tsa lefats'e tsa lijo."
- Lorena Anderson, UC Merced