Published on 02/25/2008
Looks like the latest version of Botanicalls is able to communicate with Twitter, thanks to an Arduino electronics board which is hooked up to a notebook. Several soil moisture probes created from galvanised nails allow the plant to "communicate" with you by sending a relevant signal which will then appear on the screen, letting you know whether you've been giving them too much water or worse - none at all. Now if only scientists can find out whether plants talk to each other or not...