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Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

Peter set up a robotic watering can to take directions from an iPhone. When Safari's screen state goes from horizontal to vertical, it sends a status update to a webserver via javascript that sets the watering can up or down. Pretty simple but clever setup. [Maker Faire]

2:33 AM on Mon May 5 2008
By Brian Lam
6,468 views, 15 comments

plants

Botanicalls Let Your Plants Call When Thirsty

Instead of having to remember to water your plants every day, how about installing a gadget that allows them to call you when they need water? Botanicalls does just that, with a soil-moisture sensor that detects whether a plan needs water and call you (on the phone that's connected to the plant) with the results whenever you want.

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2:50 PM on Thu Jul 19 2007
By Jason Chen
2,815 views, 6 comments

gadgets

Self-Watering IV Plant Pot

Feeling guilty because you're leaving your plants home all alone while you go out gallavanting around? Put them in intensive care with the Self-Watering IV Plant Pot ($275), a home for that special-needs plant that looks like an Apollo spacecraft with an IV drip hanging on it. More »

2:08 PM on Thu Jul 6 2006
By Charlie White
1,928 views, 5 comments