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Hi, I just discovered this site and it Rocks! I've got several projects I'm working on right now and I wonder if anybody has feedback on these ideas.

  1. A better (cheaper) Batt-Latch - basically just a timer that releases a pin, from there the Rube Goldberg possibilities are endless. http://www.novel.co.nz/webapps/site/76545/134711/shopping/shopping-view.html?pid=356247

  2. Hypar roof for chicken tractors - advantage being perfect rainwater catchment in the low corners, disadvantage is difficulty covering it with a flat sheet, and vulnerability to high wind.

  3. Mobile Milking Parlor - like this http://milkingsystem.com/

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Hi there Wyatt! Welcome That Batt-Latch has a wild price tag! Depending on the application, you could probably hack something together with an Arduino and a servo or something. Looks like that device can hold a lot of pressure though so matching that may be tough. And then there's waterproofing... Have you ever played with Arduino? The other devices you speak about are a little bit outside of my domain but somebody may come along with some ideas!
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Hi there Wyatt, So glad you found farm hack. I just came across the http://milkingsystem.com/ myself. It is very exciting to reduce the fixed overhead costs of traditional dairy infrastructure. A complimentary retail system also exists http://www.dfitalia.com/en/raw_milk_dispensers.php . I would encourage you to start a forum or tool wiki with your projects and see what documentation and design approaches we can pull together and see if we can get some activity going on it.