RSSLow-tech plant watering indicator
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 27, 2008 10:00 AM
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Are we already in a time where building a device using semiconductors is considered low-tech ? :D
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when its leaves begin wilting, water it.
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How about a flashing LED, or even triggering a cheapo voice box to wail in a thirsty voice?
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Let's hope they dont discover the Social Alarm Clock, they'll be waking you up, "Feed me, feed me!"
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I've an even lower tech solution. Stick your finger in the dirt.
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I've an even lower tech solution. Stick your finger in the dirt.
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I've an even lower tech solution. Stick your finger in the dirt.
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Doesn't passing a few mA through the soil deposit metal ions in the soil, posioning the plant?
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VERY cool!
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