Botanicalls Twitter DIY: “By Brady Forrest
Botanicalls, the project that lets your plants let you know when they need water (Radar post), has expanded beyond their Asterisk-based voice system. Now you can learn how your plants are doing with a DIY kit that lets them Twitter you. The system uses Arduino, the open-source board featured in Making Things Talk. The instructions they’ve included are very detailed; this looks like a great starter project if you’ve been thinking about experimenting with Arduino.
You’ll be able to see the project in person at ETech during our Wednesday evening ArtsFest.
April 02, 2008
Category: tangible
Tags: arduino, awareness, botanic, communication, diy, Electronic Presence, energy, findability, plant, twitter, water
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- Scotland Yard is hunting a knife-attack suspect after a mother was brutally stabbed to death on Wickham Street in Vauxhall while on her way to work this morning.
- According to a new poll “One in six Londoners admits moving seats on the bus or Tube to avoid a passenger they believe may be Muslim.” Depressing reading.
- The ’stupidly massive city bonus’ debate is reignited by bond trader Luis Marti-Sanchez who’s demaning his rightful £5m from his employer (oh to have those kind of problems).
- The Times reports that ‘normal’ property-seeking Londoners are having to resort to hiring ‘buying agents’.
- The Guardian reckons we might struggle to follow Beijing’s 2008 Olympic spectacular.
- A book of condolence for croc hunter Steve Irwin has been opened at Queensland House. Australia is talking about a state funeral!
Image of Poured Lines mural by Ian Davenport, courtesy of hedgiecc via the Londonist flickr group (more mural details on the image page).
(Via Londonist.)
[tags]image, photography, press review[/tags]
September 11, 2006
Category: art, photography
Tags: botanic, image, photography, press review
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