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FlowerEYE Pot Examines the Lightning Bolts Under the Soil

By Mark Wilson Published October 12, 2009, 1:00 pm ET

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The FlowerEYE pot tracks soil humidity, light levels and ambient temperature, all while displaying a plant’s root system like an episode of Storm Stories. If only this ultimate flowerpot technology actually existed, our perennials would rise again. [HomeTone via Unplggd]

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