08.01.2013 00:37 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Parrot's Flower Power: Monitors plants using your iPhone

Don't have a green thumb? Parrot, perhaps best known for its AR.Drone quadricopter, has a new product on the way called Flower Power that could help you keep yours plants happy and helping by means of your iPhone or other iOS device. Announced at CES, the stake-style sensor gets inserted into the soil next to a plant and monitors things like moisture, sunlight, temperature and fertilizer content. This information is sent over Bluetooth Smart to a cloud-based server, then piped to your device so you're informed when the plant needs water, food or moving so as to achieve the appropriate lighting conditions. The

Weiterlesen bei The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Digg del.icio.us Facebook email MySpace Technorati Twitter

JustMac.info © Thomas Lohner - Impressum - Datenschutz