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"We have a little micro-controller unit that's basically a little computer that's hooked up to your plant," said developer Kate Hartman.
Her plants can tell her exactly what they need. A new system called Botanicalls, developed by interactive telecommunications researchers, allows your plants to send "tweets," or short text messages, to your mobile phone or messages to Twitter, on the Internet.
Based on amount of moisture in the soil, a voltage level is sent through two wires to a circuit board that compares current moisture levels to the optimum moisture level. This data is received by a local network, which allows the plant to send a message for help.
These messages might include a thank-you when plants are watered, or a warning if the watering is too much.
My plants tell me exactly what they need without the gadgetry.
Kate Hartman's electrodes can only beep when the soil is too dry or wet. If her plants have to send her a message to get some water, she isn't spending enough time in the garden!
Although, having one's plants tied into the grid system does sound like a bunch of fun!
I didn't know where to post this amusing tidbit. There isn't a houseplants forum! That I found, anyway.
You see so many people glued to their cell phones anymore. Funny to think they're not even talking to humans! "Oh, oh! I must run, the Diffenbachia just Tweeted!"
