« The Boxee Report: Meetup NYC
Asus Eee Keyboard PC - should’ve called it the KEeeboard »

With the recent Twitter boom, it seems like the entire world is jumping on the Twitter wagon lately. Well, now Botanicalls has given us a product that will allow even our plants to be a hip and trendy citizens of Twitter. The product has a sensor that keeps track of the plant’s moisture levels, and upon being over or under watered, will tweet (to its own account, no less) one of an assortment of messages that describes the detected moisture state of the plant, such as:

  • “Ease off, buddy. You over-watered me.”
  • “Ugh. I’m WICKED thirsty!”
  • “You didn’t water me enough.”
  • “Thank you for watering me.”

For a live example, pop on over to mr_ikea_plant’s or pothos‘ Twitter pages. These kits can be purchased from Think Geek, Adafruit, and MakerShed, retailing for $99 - just don’t be too shocked if you find out one of your Tweeps is actually a plant.

[product link]
 


Rating:
(Avg: Need 5 votes)
 

 

« The Boxee Report: Meetup NYC
Asus Eee Keyboard PC - should’ve called it the KEeeboard »

2 Comments »

Dear Guest, please login to comment

Login with your ZiggyTek account

Create New Account | Forgot password?


Please keep the comments clean by not posting advertisements, profanity, or personal attacks. Terms of Use.

Having trouble registering? Try our non-javascript registration page.

 

I hate Twitter. haha


this is about as good of an idea and as much of a stretch of twitter as you can get… but, the execution leaves much to be desired.  what’s up with all that circuitry?  had a japanese company picked this up, it would be in the shell of some cute little plant fairy with a leaf for a hat, holding a watering can.

give me a little water, nee?  domo!



suggest a link

Follow Us


Tips

We love to hear from our users, so if you have anything you would like us to write about let us know by emailing us at tips@ziggytek.com.

MustRead


PopularBlogPosts

Categories


Archives


About ZiggyTek

ZiggyTek is more than a gadget blog - it's a gadget community. In addition to bringing you the updates on the newest gadgets around the world, we give you a venue to discuss amongst each other and ponder those nuances that make all the difference. Got a tip on a hot new product? Let us know! Do you own one of the gadgets we cover? Give us your own impressions! Just around for articles? Take your time!