• By Kit Eaton
    Feb 25, 2008 8:07 AM 2,788
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    Now Even Thirsty Houseplants Demand Attention With DIY Twitter Kit

    Botanicalls Let Your Plants Call When Thirsty
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    New Botanicalls Lets Plants Communicate Using Twitter

    The new version of Botanicalls can now talk to Twitter. It uses an Arduino electronics board connected to a notebook, and some soil moisture probes crafted from a couple of galvanised nails. Your plant can then send out a Twitter alert when it's thirsty, detect when its been over- or under-watered and let you know about that, and it can even signal its thanks. So, if you're off on vacation and your office-mates have abandoned your desk greenery, your plants can now automatically point the (green) finger at them. [Botanicalls via Make]


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