I just saw Botanicalls at the ITP Winter Show. It is a cell phone information system that connects people and plants. A person can call a plant on their phone and get information about the species of plant and check if the plant needs watering. On the other hand a plant that needs watering or more sun can call a person up and ask for help. When the plant gets successfully watered it calls again to say thanks.
This is wicked cool Eric. I wish their data was online. On the website I only see a mockup of the system. I called the phone number though and loved the silly voiced plants. At the show were there representations of the plant watering data? I want to play around with their data. This plant is thirsty for more info.
Comment by bryan kennedy — December 19, 2006 @ 5:18 pm
Oh I’m sure it’s not beyond the prototype proof of concept stage yet.
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