CNET: Your plant just called to say 'I'm thirsty!'

[kleenex]

Your plant just called to say 'I'm thirsty!' | CNET News.com

Imagine answering your cell phone to hear your Scotch Moss plant telling you in a fake Glaswegian accent that it needs a drink.

This scenario is not far from reality, as a group of postgraduate students at New York University is developing a way for over-watered or dry plants to phone for help.

The "Botanicalls" project uses moisture sensors placed in the soil that can send a signal over a wireless network to a gateway that places a call if the plant's too dry or wet.

 

[HobbitPoster]

I think that would be a great idea. Then I can get rid of all the plastic plants and replace them with real ones.

 

[Jellybean]

A little crazy?......but it might just catch on! Good luck to em'. It's ht e sort of thing people will take to. They should add a time release water spray to it for when you can't get back for a while.