Twit your plants
May. 16th, 2009 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundMeet "Botanicalls", a system allowing your plants to send twitter messages when they need to be watered.
http://www.botanicalls.com/kits/
"Botanicalls opens a new channel of communication between plants and humans, in an effort to promote successful inter-species understanding.
The Botanicalls project is fundamentally about communication between plants and people. We are empowering both by inventing new avenues of interaction. Plants that might otherwise be neglected are given the ability to call and text message people to request assistance. People who are unsure of their ability to effectively care for growing things are given visual and aural clues using common human methods of communication."
You can find an example here. Typical messages include:
"Glug! Too much water!"
"Thank you for watering me."
"Current moisture: xx%"
"Thirsty now. Water, please?"
"Still thirsty. More water?"
"HELP! Plant abuse! I'm dry!"
Basically, it's LifeAlert for plants.
http://www.botanicalls.com/kits/
"Botanicalls opens a new channel of communication between plants and humans, in an effort to promote successful inter-species understanding.
The Botanicalls project is fundamentally about communication between plants and people. We are empowering both by inventing new avenues of interaction. Plants that might otherwise be neglected are given the ability to call and text message people to request assistance. People who are unsure of their ability to effectively care for growing things are given visual and aural clues using common human methods of communication."
You can find an example here. Typical messages include:
"Glug! Too much water!"
"Thank you for watering me."
"Current moisture: xx%"
"Thirsty now. Water, please?"
"Still thirsty. More water?"
"HELP! Plant abuse! I'm dry!"
Basically, it's LifeAlert for plants.
