Garden Paste: Utility fog that is used in
place of, or in combination with, your garden soil, and is able to be
"dialled in" to match the optimal soil composition requirements for
each and every plant you have. It will change according to each plant's
needs for water, nutrients, and soil density. It will also form shade
when and where needed, automatically, or upon request. Further, it will
keep out moles and gophers by forming instant temporary barriers; store
sunlight via solar cells, for use on overcast days; detect and drive
off harmful insects, perhaps via insect-specific pheromones; retain
water and minimize evaporation (sophisticated networks of Garden Paste
could include an irrigation system), and even identify and remove
plants started via airborne propagation [sometimes referred to as
"weeds"]. [uhf]
Garden Paste V 3.2 Release Notes
- Fixed roundworm/earthworm differentiation algorithm
- Corrected temperature/moisture mix for sub-zero weather
- Increased discretion on pollen access to selected airspace
- Increased listings of beneficial microbes allowed into contact with various crops
Garden Paste V 3.1 Release Notes
- Generated Roundworm detection (thanks, GreenThumb!)
Garden Paste V 3.0 Release Notes
- Enabled MoleBlock subassemblies' sensors to differentiate between
harmful (mole-ish) and helpful (worm-ish) subterranean access to
growing space.
...... (this begs for more stuff, but...)
Garden Paste V 1.1
- Water handling routines patched to prevent drawing water from inside
crops.
Garden Paste V 1.0.1
- GAIA terran standards patched to allow access to growing area for
baseline and augmented humans.
Garden Paste V 1.0
- Created MoleBlock subassemblies to prevent dangerous subterranean
access to growing area
- Heat generation and reduction tech borrowed from SeleniaServices'
CozyRoom Paste
- Water handling protocols from DaSqueeGee
- Primary computronium node uses GAIA terran standards for maximal
plant growth, threat ratings of biologic intrusions, etc
Design notes
- Original idea from the TransTech mailing lists, posted on the OA mail
list Dec 2002 by Ben Higginbottom
