#botanicalls

[increasingthereality]

Só um minuto, eu tenho que atender a minha planta.

Para a sessão de Crazy Things criadas, aí vem o Botanicalls, um projeto de comunicação entre humanos e plantas. Basicamente eles criaram um sensor que é colocado na terra que fica monitorando a planda. Quando a planta está “com sede” ele manda uma mensagem via Twitter e assim que você a molha ela manda um “obrigado”. 

Os objetivos colocados no site deles são: 

manter as plantas vivas, traduzindo os seus protocolos como coloração da folha, hábitos e desidratação para os humanos;

criar um vínculo sentimental entre a planta e o homem;

manter o senso de humor intacto;

O Botanicalls foi feito para ajudar as pessoas que sempre matam as plantas porque esquecem de cuidar, ou tem medo de criar plantas porque elas vão morrer, ou não está preparado para um Tamagoshi (ou um filho). 

Se você nao acredita, checa só esse vídeo. E se for ajudar, agora o Botanicalls está na coleção permanente do MoMa. Agora espera um pouquinho que o meu pé de pimenta ta me ligando.

[midhyu]

Ignite: Kati London on Botanicalls: Homegrown Terra-rists

[jaycanthandletechnology]

this is such old news but i didnt know about it until right now !

can you imagine how fucking sick that must be like you're out with some friends or like coworkers havin a drink after work and your phone goes off and you're like "oh sorry its my herb garden" and eveyrone is like "?????" and you're like "i have to go i need to water them" and everyone thinks you're talking in code about your drug dealer

[marauders527-blog]

Texting Plants Come to Illinois

Yes, even plants can send text messages now. A group of interactive communication researchers in New York developed a pretty neat DIY kit that let your sadly neglected hibiscus send you a text or Twitter message begging for help. The invention generated a lot of buzz in 2008 and 2009. Now, an Illinois university student has come up with a new version of the device that “gives your plant a voice.”

Eduardo Torrealba at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign created what he calls the “Plant Link.” What is different now is that you don’t have to assemble all the little gadgets yourself(saves a lot of time,right?) All you need to do is plugging the white monitor into the soil and the device will be checking your plants’ moisture levels “in a few minutes” (and message you if the leaves are drying up.) So Cheers, now there is an option for those who have yearned for a “talking plant” but deterred by the some 20 steps to make one from this: 

The Plant Link also comes with an optional wireless valve, which can enable automatic watering of your outdoor gardens if you are far away from home.DIY-lovers can certainly stick to the New York version. After all,there is one thing it seems to do better: It helps humans feel appreciated. The final product sends you a pre-recorded thank-you message when the plants are happy, letting owners know that they, finally, have done a good job watering their plants.

[h-onne]

thank you so much for the follow!:) Your blog is stunning, and so are you! ahh you are gorgeous.

of course, i love your blog! and ahh thank you!! you're gorgeous as well :) xx

[porcelainmarionette]

My teacher for Wearable Technology Kate Hartman was one of the developers of this. I just love the idea and the video. The current product actually lets your plant tweet instead of calling you. Kate's plant's twitter has over 4000 followers.

[kmackay]

Interview: Botanicalls Co-Creater At Eyeo Festival

Read the full article here.