Summary: this is an episode with me talking about the upcoming crowdfunding campaign that I will be doing. we get into how outdated bee hives are, how sensors can impact beekeeping, the bees, and bee research. I am focused on making beekeeping user friendly. And remove the confusion that it entails.<br> K<a href="https://monolyths.kickoffpages.com/">ickstarter pre-launch info link</a><br> <a href="https://monolyths.kickoffpages.com/">https://monolyths.kickoffpages.com/</a><br> <br> * Sign up, share, it’s really easy<br> <br> <br> * H<a href="http://www.learningwithlowell.com/how-i-built-the-tesla-of-honey-bee-hives-and-why-you-should-care/">ow I built the Tesla of Honey Bee Hives</a><br> * <a href="http://www.learningwithlowell.com/why-should-you-care-about-technology-in-beekeeping/">Why Should You Care about Technology in Beekeeping?</a><br> * <a href="http://www.learningwithlowell.com/40-of-honey-bees-died-last-winter-this-is-what-i-am-doing-to-help-bees-everywhere/">40% of Honey Bees died last winter, This is what I am doing to help Bees Everywhere</a><br> * <a href="http://www.learningwithlowell.com/technology-in-beekeeping-what-i-am-developing-and-seeking-funding-for/">Technology In Beekeeping: What I am developing and seeking funding for</a><br> <br> Table of Contents<br> <br> * Tesla of Beekeeping<br> <br> * Path to a working prototype<br> * Connecting it to the grid<br> * Power supply<br> <br> <br> <br> Tesla of Beekeeping<br> <br> I love technology when it’s used to solve real world problems. A good example of this is the Tesla electric vehicle, which has the main purpose “to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy”. Besides the environmental impact, they also will save tens of thousands of drivers’ lives each year. They use technology to help with climate change, pollution, and hazardous driving conditions.<br> They inspired me to set out to build a smart hive system to accelerate the beekeeping world to be one where the phrase “I don’t know” is banished to antiquity.<br> Using first principles I wanted to build was an all-in-one smart hive that monitors and watches many different signs to help figure out the health of the hive anytime, anywhere, and to make “I don’t know” a thing of the past.<br> I cannot tell you how often over the years someone has told me I’m wrong. That what I wanted to create is not possible.Well, guess what? They were wrong. I built it.<br> I kept reading about how autonomous cars, like Tesla, were going to save lives, and so I wanted to use similar machine learning and technology approaches to bear against the many bee problems.<br> Tesla and Elon are famous for using first principles to break things down to simple components and then build them back up. I use the same strategy here.<br> Tesla Tech + Beekeeping Tech = ? Tell me what you think that mash-up would look like. Or subscribe to my newsletter for unique before-launch peaks at what I’ve built to see my vision.<br> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchwppU4QQ1koTpWblBzH7E_LRETmn-muEgyslafLA40Gjk3Q/viewform?usp=sf_link">Subscribe to my newsletter,</a> and share this with 5 of your friends, for unique before-launch peaks at what I’ve built.<br> <br> Take-Aways<br> <br> <br> * Raspberry Pi + sensors and monitoring technology + next gen hive = Crude Prototype.<br> * Wood is bad. Metal with special insulation will protect against extreme weather.<br> * Wifi /IoT lets us connect the hive to the cloud and thus our phones.<br> * Tech needs energy, we will meet these needs through solar & rechargeable batteries.<br> * <br> <br> See the specific parts and have an exclusive look through signing up for the newsletter and telling your friends.<br> Working Prototype <br> <br> Through my digging, and acceleration through my podcast, I’ve met great scientists that helped me in understanding the problems on a deeper level in gatherin...
