October 27th, 2008 by
Filed under: Peripherals
Well, wouldn’t you know it? That PlantSense prototype we peeked around this time two years ago has seemingly found the fundage to start up production, and at long last the revamped product is available for you to purchase. Now christened EasyBloom, this USB stake sensor analyzes important data when stuck in soil for 24 hours, after which it uploads the data to your PC (via USB) for determining whether or not a flower / tree / etc. should be planted there. Additionally, it can “diagnose what is wrong with an ailing plant,” and it can even dole out a recommended list of which plants would be suitable for your environment. Sure, $59.99 may seem like a lot of green to toss out for something such as this, but it sure beats purchasing new flora every fortnight after you murder yet another round.
EasyBloom USB stake sensor now shipping, plants celebrate originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 14th, 2008 by
Filed under: Household, Wireless
Frustrated with that exorbitantly high water bill stemming from all the H20 wastefully spewed out from that non-intelligent sprinkler system? Enter the Cyber-Rain XCI, which gives owners wireless control of up to eight watering zones. After hooking up the controller(s) and plugging a wireless access point into your PC via USB, users can look forward to the solution automatically tweaking their irrigation system based on weather conditions, seasons, etc. It’ll even log water savings and chuck out a graph to prove its value. C’mon, you know it’s worth $349 to make your thumb look way greener than it actually is (and save some water, too).
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November 24th, 2007 by
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
While it won’t keep watch on your plants and water them like some devices we’ve seen, the so-called ThirstyLight will at least handle one part of that equation, with it sending out a signal in the form of a blinkin’ LED light when your plants’ soil gets dry. That’s handled by a “Drypoint Digital Circuit,” which checks moisture levels once per second and is able to discern between five different levels of dryness (relayed to you by blinking patterns of increasing urgency). If that sounds like the solution to your plant problems, you can pick one up now for $10, or get ‘em in bundles of three, six, or twelve at a discount.
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