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Botanicalls Twitter DIY
Botanicalls, the project that lets your plants let you know when they need water (Radar post), has expanded beyond their Asterisk-based voice system. Now you can learn how your plants are doing with a DIY kit that lets them Twitter you. The system uses Arduino, the open-source board featured in Making Things Talk. The instructions they've included are very detailed; this looks like a great starter project if you've been thinking about experimenting with Arduino. You'll be able to see the project in person at ETech during our Wednesday evening ArtsFest.
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Comments: 3
Steven Hodson [26 February 2008 10:00 AM]
As I suggested yesterday when I read about this it is only a short step before some figures out how to make your home one of your Twitter "Friends" :)
http://www.winextra.com/2008/02/25/crowdsourcing-your-home-security/
klaus-martin meyer [26 February 2008 10:54 PM]
Hello,
are there already some results whether the botanicals that are connected to this system feel any better?
best regards
Klaus-Martin
Joe McCarthy [27 March 2008 09:23 PM]
Interesting idea!
It reminds me of PlantCare, a project a few years back at Intel Research Seattle, in which an autonomous robot was able to sense and respond to a plant's need for water.
Botanicalls puts people back in the loop ... and I wonder whether, combined with another, more recent UbiComp research project - My Roomba is Rambo - a new solution might be developed that helps people, their plants and their robots all live happier, healthier lives.