Plants Send Texts When They Need Watering
Discussion
WTF, can't wait to see this as a new application on your Iphone!!!
A new sensor has been developed to text you when your plants need watering. Plants text to tell you when thirsty.
Israeli scientists have come up with the device that sends text messages to farmers or homeowners when plants need a drink. It has been developed to help cut water usage and avoid damaging plants or crops. Dr. Eran Raveh and Dr Arie Nadler have spent seven years perfecting the sensor.
It gauges water levels in the plants and sends real time text alerts to mobile phones or computers when levels get too low.
The sensor works on a similar principle to a 'walkie-talkie', collecting water-level data via a series of metallic nails inserted into plant stems.
The scientists are now hoping to take their invention abroad. They say they have already had interest from a firm in California.
A new sensor has been developed to text you when your plants need watering. Plants text to tell you when thirsty.
Israeli scientists have come up with the device that sends text messages to farmers or homeowners when plants need a drink. It has been developed to help cut water usage and avoid damaging plants or crops. Dr. Eran Raveh and Dr Arie Nadler have spent seven years perfecting the sensor.
It gauges water levels in the plants and sends real time text alerts to mobile phones or computers when levels get too low.
The sensor works on a similar principle to a 'walkie-talkie', collecting water-level data via a series of metallic nails inserted into plant stems.
The scientists are now hoping to take their invention abroad. They say they have already had interest from a firm in California.
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