Wireless Sensor Networks: A Framework for Community and Educational Gardens
Community and educational garden are seen as a platform for people in city centers to have better quality of lives where neighbors’ and kids can meet, socialize and interact creating harmonious living environment. It is a form of educational technique to expose children and students
on food production and ways to nurture values. The lack of space and interest make farming activities less popular among people in the city centers. This paper highlights some reasons why community and educational gardens are required and describes some of the challenges faced. The paper proposes
technology as the essence for creating interest among communities and school children and proposes an application framework that is available for community and education gardens that integrates wireless sensor networks and mobile applications to monitor the gardens. The proposed application
is feasible to build using available infrastructure at home and school buildings which is cheap to build, easy to maintain and safe to operate.
Keywords: Community and Educational Gardens; Wireless LAN; Wireless Sensor Networks
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Network and Communication Technology Research Lab, Research Centre for Software Technology and Management, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Malaysia
Publication date: 01 February 2018
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