Ma ka makahiki 2050, ua manaʻo ʻia e piʻi ka heluna kanaka o ʻAmelika i 400 miliona, a ʻo ka heluna kanaka o ka honua i 9.1 biliona, e koi ana i ka piʻi ʻana o 70% i ka hana ʻai honua.
ʻO UC Merced kekahi o nā pā kula ʻehā ma ka ʻāina e hui pū ana e hoʻokō i kēlā paʻakikī ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana o ka hana hou a me ka ʻenehana e hoʻomohala i ka mahiʻai kūpono no ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia e ke Kulanui o Pennsylvania, UC Merced, Ke Kulanui ʻo Purdue a me ke Kulanui o Florida i loaʻa he $26 miliona, ʻelima mau makahiki ʻelima makahiki National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers (ERC) e hoʻokumu i ka NSF Engineering Research Center no ka Pūnaewele o nā Mea no Mahiai pololei (IoT4Ag). ʻO ERC nā papahana ʻenekinia poʻokela o NSF no ka noiʻi convergent e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia lehulehu.
ʻO ka misionari holoʻokoʻa o IoT4Ag ka mea e hōʻoia i ka meaʻai, ka ikehu a me ka palekana wai ma o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻenehana e hoʻonui i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hua ʻoiai e hōʻemi ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu a me nā kumu wai a hoʻemi i ka hopena o nā hana mahiʻai i ke kaiapuni. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana, e hoʻokumu pū ka IoT4Ag Center i kahi pipeline talent like ʻole me K-12 a me nā haumāna kulanui, nā ʻenekinia, nā ʻoihana mahiʻai a me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o nā kaiāulu mahiʻai ma o nā haʻawina kikoʻī a me nā lima-lima lumi papa, keʻena hana a me nā hana kula. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana i nā hoa hoʻonaʻauao, aupuni a me nā ʻoihana me ke kaiāulu mahiʻai, e hana ka Center i kahi kaiaola hou e hōʻoia i ka unuhi wikiwiki ʻana o nā hana a me nā ʻenehana IoT4Ag i nā huahana pāʻoihana, a e hōʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi e kūkulu ʻia kēlā ʻano hoʻololi me ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka pilikanaka. hopena ma ka noʻonoʻo.
"Ke manaʻo nei mākou e ʻenekinia i nā ʻōnaehana kumu kūʻai e lawe ʻia e ka poʻe mahiʻai," wahi a UC Merced professor Catherine Keske, ke alakaʻi o ka pā kula no ka hana hou. "E kūkulu mākou ma luna o ka manawa i hoʻomohala ʻia e UC Merced i ka mahiʻai kūpono."
ʻO ka hui hoʻomaka ma ka lālā o UC Merced o IoT4Ag e hōʻike ana i nā noiʻi ʻoihana mahiʻai Keske, a me ke kaukaʻi. ʻO Stefano Carpin's robotics a me ke aʻo ʻana i ka mīkini, polopeka ʻO Erin Hestir ʻike mamao a me ka nānā ʻana i nā kiko āpau; a me ka polopeka ʻO Reza Ehsani pololei ag mea hana, ʻoiai ua ʻōlelo ʻo Keske ʻo ka hana a nā lālā kumu ʻē aʻe a me nā haumāna mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka pā kula e hoʻohui ʻia i ka holomua o IoT4Ag.
He hoʻokūkū nui ka ERC a ʻo ia ka Kula o ka 'enekinia komo mua i hoʻokahi. Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo Engineering Dean Mark Matsumoto i ke ʻano multidisciplinary o ke kikowaena e lawe mai i nā mea noiʻi ʻo UC Merced i nā manawa palena ʻole e hui pū me nā kulanui noiʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia he mau lālā hanohano o ka Association of American Universities.
"ʻO ka noiʻi a me nā hana e pili ana e alakaʻi ʻia ma o kēia haʻawina he mea nui i ka pono o ko mākou ʻāina ma ka ʻimi ʻana e hoʻomohala i nā ʻenehana e hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻomau i nā hana mahiʻai," wahi a Matsumoto. "ʻOliʻoli loa wau i ko mākou ʻāpana o kēia hana koʻikoʻi - kahi e kuhikuhi ana i ka ʻike hou ʻana o ke kula a me ka pā kula."
ʻO kahi ʻāpana o ke kauoha ERC ʻo ia ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻano aʻoaʻo hoʻonaʻauao i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia; ʻo kekahi e hoʻomohala i nā limahana hana like ʻole mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ma ka launa pū ʻana me ka ʻoihana a me kahi kaiāulu ākea o nā haumāna, kumu a me nā ʻoihana, e hana ka IoT4Ag Center i kahi kaiaola hou e hoʻomau i kēia mau hana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ke Komohana, Midwest a me East Coast ka mea i pani ʻia ma IoT4Ag, me nā nodes hui pū a me nā kahua hoʻonaʻauao a me nā noiʻi ma ka ʻāina, e hāʻawi ana i nā manawa palena ʻole no nā haumāna, nā ʻoihana a me nā mea kuleana ʻē aʻe.
Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka IoT4Ag Center i ʻekolu mau pahu i hoʻohui ʻia, me nā hui o nā mea noiʻi e hana ana i nā ʻenehana ʻike, kamaʻilio a me ka pane.
Aia ʻo IoT4Ag i ke kula o ka ʻenekinia, akā ʻo ka lālā UC Merced, i ka hoʻokūkū kamaʻilio, e komo pū me nā mea ʻē aʻe: Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), Wai UC, nā mea noiʻi drone a me ka ikehu, ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā loea ʻōnaehana paʻakikī, socio-economists a me nā ʻikepili nui, a me ke kaiāulu, ka ʻāina a me ka mokuʻāina.
"Makemake mākou e hoʻokomo i nā mea a pau i loaʻa ka manaʻo e pili ana i ka ʻenekinia ag, mai nā mahiʻai, nā limahana mahiʻai a me nā keiki o nā limahana mahiʻai ma waena o kā mākou hui haumāna i ke aupuni a me nā hoa hana," wahi a Keske. E like me ke koena o nā lālā o ka hui, e ʻaʻahu ʻo Keske i kekahi mau pāpale i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka hana.
ʻO ia ke kuleana no ka ʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻopili ʻana, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia e ʻimi nei e hoʻopaʻa i nā pūʻulu kikoʻī, e noi i nā mahiʻai a me nā hui waiwai e noho ma ka papa ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no IoT4Ag ma UC Merced a kipa i nā kahua kahua e nānā i nā limahana mahiʻai.
"Makemake mākou e loaʻa i ka poʻe āpau ka leo i kēia," wahi a Keske.
Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo Penn i kahi hapa nui o ka waihona kālā ERC no ka huakaʻi a me nā papahana e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā haumāna, wahi a Keske. Ke koi nei ka hoʻolālā IoT4Ag i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā haumāna pre-college, ke kula kaiaulu a me nā kulanui ma o nā haʻawina e pili ana i ka lehulehu a me nā lima lima ma ka lumi papa, lab a me ka hana kula; ke aʻo a me ke aʻo ʻana; a me nā ʻano hana like ʻole a me nā ʻoihana e hoʻomākaukau ai i nā limahana hana like ʻole o ka wā e hiki mai ana e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia nui o ke kaiāulu o ka meaʻai, ka ikehu a me ka palekana wai.
Ke koi nei ka ʻāina palena o ka honua, ka wai a me ka ikehu i nā ʻenehana hou a me nā mea hou e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka pono a me ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā ʻano meaʻai āpau.
"Hiki iā mākou ke hana i ka ʻenehana a me nā ʻenehana e kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻokele i kā lākou mea kanu a hiki i nā kikoʻī maikaʻi loa o ka wai a me nā mea kanu lepo," wahi a Keske. "He hiki i nā ʻenehana digital ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pono, kaulike, palekana, meaʻai, olakino a me ka hoʻomau i nā ʻōnaehana meaʻai o ka honua."
- Lorena Anderson, UC Merced