Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone - Gizmodo Comments

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

ripfire — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:02:37 EDT

Back when I did my senior project, I built a home automation system (including a sprinkler system) that can be controlled via internet. I used a TINI microcontroller built in with TCP/IP stack, Fast Ethernet even host its own web server and it's nowhere as big as the one on the video.

ripfire

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:18:46 EDT

Wouldn't have been simpler to just have a small pump with a water source spray the plant on a regular schedule with a cheap timer?

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

Joseph — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:12:04 EDT

@Hvedhrungr: Send picture messages.

Joseph

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

bms — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:00:53 EDT

Wait, is that a hacked iPhone?

bms

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

Curves — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:19:23 EDT

This is ok for one plant. I have about 25 of them. I either need 24 plantless friends with iphones or.....wait....I could just LIFT the can...nah....to much trouble.

Curves

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SgtMac02 — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:17:29 EDT

Wow...what a horrendous waste of time and brainpower. I think there was about 4 times the energy spent making that thing than there would have been spent in just watering the plant manually for its entire lifespan.

SgtMac02

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OMG! Ponies! — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:01:02 EDT

Why would I need to water my plants?

They've been dead for months, rendering the whole watering - whether in person or via remote - completely moot.

OMG! Ponies!

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

strider_mt2k — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:26:50 EDT

I feel so stupid for having gone down and twisted a valve...

strider_mt2k

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ZomBuster — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:34:37 EDT

Wow how pointless.

ZomBuster

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

reckless_inoz — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:32:12 EDT

Your iPhone can turn water into wine, so how is this good for your plants?

reckless_inoz

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pradster — Mon, 05 May 2008 04:42:17 EDT

now i need to jesus-bone to water my plants, i'll stick stick the lazy dork sign to my head.
Thank you!

pradster

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TedB. — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:22:13 EDT

If you are so lazy that you can't even water your own plants, then you would not even have plants in the first place.

Which makes this pointless.

TedB.

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Hvedhrungr — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:11:47 EDT

Jeepers... that iPhone! What can't it do?!

Hvedhrungr

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theimmc — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:03:22 EDT

@Xacnhto: Maker Faire, iPhone. How can gizmodo possibly resist posting?

theimmc

Remote Plant Watering Via iPhone

Xacnhto — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:43:29 EDT

its a slow sunday i see...

Xacnhto