Technology meets hosueplants

[asterroc]

I'm sure sclerotic_rings will appreciate this DIY solution for remembering to water plants. You essentially combine a mosture sensor (i.e. a circuit that goes through the soil of the plant), a couple circuit boards, an internet device, and Twitter, and your plant tells you when it needs watering.

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[sclerotic-rings.livejournal.com]

What's funny about this is that a company was offering roughly the same setup about three years ago: the devices were nearly free, but the revenue was supposed to be made by signing up for the subscription service to inform you that the plants needed watering. Much like several other Web 2.0 stupidities, it burned through its venture capital pretty quickly and disappeared before the middle of 2005.