Isixhobo sokuhlola umhlaba sinokuvavanya izondlo emhlabeni kunye nezityalo ezinisela amanzi ngokusekelwe kubungqina. Ngokufaka isixhobo sokuhlola emhlabeni, siqokelela ulwazi olwahlukeneyo (olufana nobushushu bomoya, ukufuma, ukukhanya, kunye neempawu zombane zomhlaba) olulula, oluhambelana nomxholo, kwaye ludluliselwe kuwe, mlimi.
U-Aramburu uthi izixhobo zokuvavanya umhlaba bezisoloko zisilumkisa ukuba iitumato zethu ziyatshona. Injongo yokwenyani kukudala isiseko sedatha esikhulu apho izityalo zikhula kakuhle khona apho iimeko zemozulu, ulwazi olunethemba lokuba luya kusetyenziswa ngenye imini ukungenisa ixesha elitsha lokulima nokulima okuzinzileyo.
Ingcinga ka-Edin yafika kwisazinzulu somhlaba kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo ngelixa wayehlala eKenya kwaye esebenza kwiprojekthi yakhe yamva nje, iBiochar, isichumiso esinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo. U-Aramburu waqonda ukuba zimbalwa iindlela zokuvavanya ukusebenza kweemveliso zakhe ngaphandle kovavanyo lomhlaba oluchwephesha. Ingxaki yayikukuba uvavanyo lomhlaba lwalucotha, lubiza kakhulu kwaye aluzange lumvumele ukuba ajonge okwenzekayo ngexesha langempela. Ngoko ke u-Aramburu wakha iprototype engacacanga yesi sixhobo sokuvavanya umhlaba waza waqala ukuvavanya umhlaba ngokwakhe. “Ngokwenene yibhokisi ephezu kwentonga,” utshilo. “Zifaneleke ngakumbi ukusetyenziswa zizazinzulu.”
Xa uAramburu wafudukela eSan Francisco kunyaka ophelileyo, wayesazi ukuba ukuze enze isiseko sedatha esikhulu awayesifuna, kwakufuneka enze uyilo luka-Edin lwemizi-mveliso lufikeleleke lula kubalimi bemihla ngemihla. Wajika waya kuYves Behar weFuse Project, owadala isixhobo esimnandi esimile okwedayimani esiphuma emhlabeni njengentyatyambo kwaye sinokudityaniswa neenkqubo zamanzi ezikhoyo (ezifana neepayipi okanye ii-sprinkler) ukulawula xa izityalo zondliwa.
Isensor ine-microprocessor eyakhelwe ngaphakathi, kwaye umgaqo wokusebenza kwayo kukukhupha imiqondiso emincinci yombane emhlabeni. “Enyanisweni silinganise ukuba umhlaba unciphisa kangakanani loo signal,” utshilo. Utshintsho olukhulu ngokwaneleyo kwisignali (ngenxa yokufuma, ubushushu, njl.njl.) luya kubangela ukuba isensor ikuthumelele isaziso sokutyhala esikwazisa ngeemeko ezintsha zomhlaba. Kwangaxeshanye, olu lwazi, kunye nolwazi lwemozulu, luxelela ivalvu ukuba isityalo ngasinye kufuneka sinkcenkceshelwe nini kwaye nini.
Ukuqokelela idatha yinto enye, kodwa ukuyiqonda kakuhle yingxaki eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo. Ngokuthumela yonke idatha yomhlaba kwiiseva nakwisoftware. I-app iya kukuxelela xa umhlaba umanzi kakhulu okanye une-asidi eninzi, ikuncede uqonde imeko yomhlaba, kwaye ikuncede wenze unyango oluthile.
Ukuba abalimi abaqhelekileyo okanye abalimi abancinci abasebenzisa izinto eziphilayo bayayithatha le nto, inokukhuthaza imveliso yokutya yasekuhlaleni kwaye ibe nefuthe ekunikezelweni kokutya. “Sele senza umsebenzi ongemhle wokondla ihlabathi, kwaye kuya kuba nzima ngakumbi,” utshilo u-Aramburu. “Ndiyathemba ukuba esi siza kuba sisixhobo sophuhliso lwezolimo kwihlabathi liphela, sincede abantu batyale ukutya kwabo kwaye baphucule ukhuseleko lokutya.”
Ixesha lokuthumela: Juni-13-2024