Title: We own 13 acres of ag-zoned land just outside of Chicago. We have access to an adjacent 70 acres. I am offering free use of the land for anyone who has an interesting project that requires land and proximity suburban&#x2F;urban environment--and wifi network.<p>The land is located 35-miles from downtown Chicago and 25 miles from O&#x27;Hare airport. It&#x27;s smack-dab in the middle of suburbia and there is a Menards within walking distance. http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;6tjC8g<p>If the idea is interesting enough, I&#x27;ll even build you a shed or a cabin (out of 2x4s; nothing fancy).<p>The land will include the following amenities, all of which is available at no cost (for really cool projects).<p>--well water (within reason)
--septic field
--electricity (within reason)
--wifi
--fenced and unfenced acreage<p>Starting next year, there will be bees, flowers, goats, chickens, dogs, and alpaca on the land. And very likely a mini-donkey, to keep the coyotes at bay.<p>Feel free to suggest anything you actually want to implement. Or just suggest ideas that others may want to run with. Other than providing power and internet, I don&#x27;t have the time to help with anything else.<p>Some ideas my wife and I have come up with:<p>--real-life Farmville with wifi robots
--tiny, automated combines
--experimental wind turbine development
--cubesat ground stations (not really ag-related, but still cool)
--goat-milking bots<p>This is no strings attached. We just want to encourage really interesting technical-agricultural projects. Let a thousand flowers bloom.
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