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It seems a bit strange that a machine like that can tell what your plants is saying . Basically, they are just checking the moisture level. If it is really high, they send the message "You overwatered me". If it is low, they send the message "You didn't water me enough". If it's just right, they send the message "Thanks for watering me". It doesn't sound like they are actually saying what the plant is saying and feeling. I actually don't think that you can tell how a plant is feeling! (But that's my opinion)
Wow! That's really cool. But it seems kind of pointless to spend $99 when you can use a post it note to remind youself to water the plant! And a post it is $98 cheaper. While it's interesting, I find it rather useless. Why would you want your plant to Twitter you? And personally, I would find it creepy to have my plant yelling at me and telling me I overwatered it. Once again, I don't understand the use of the machines. And after 2 or 3 times of watering a plant, you know about how much water to put in. I just think it's kind of weird. Anyways, while I see that this is a new invention, I think a lot of people might see it the way I see it.
While it's a cool invention, it's to expensive, I don't need it, and I really don't need my plant to twitter/talk to me.
I think that the thought that plants can speak to you on their feelings is a bunch of pseudoscience. This article is an example of people finding something that actually doesn't really prove anything. Like I said in my previous post, they are just checking the moisture level in the soil and sending automated messages to "their" Twitter account. Also, I'm curious. I wonder who makes and names all of the Twitter accounts?
Brandon, to answer your question, they probably let you name it. They also might have a "group" for the product so that you can check all of your plants at once. I honestly see where the inventors were trying to go, but I think that modern society won't benefit from it. Think of us now: do you think that someone would on a daily basis would want to hear what their plant needs? This might be useful in the future, though; if in the future we travel and make a permanent moon base (which they are planning on), the plants would be the only supply of oxygen, and it would be a closed environment. If someone were to water the plants correctly, everyone would suffocate.
This is extremely cool! I never thought we could communicate with plants, like person to person! It is amazing how we can use sensors to let the plants talk to us over twitter or using text messages. Science is needed a whole lot in this invention, we need science to use the electronic sensors to calculate if you under or over watered it. Although I agree with Danielle, a post it note is a lot cheaper, but then again, it would be a lot harder to see if you under or over watered it.
I think that the device is really cool but I also agree with Danielle that it is pointless. I think that the device is way to complex. All that they need to have is a moisture measurer that tells if you need to water the plant or not. There doesn't have to be a special voice that is projected to tell you that the plant needs watering. Or you could just send yourself an e-mail telling yourself that you need to water your plant. Also, an e-mail is $99 cheaper than what they are selling the device for.
I think this was pretty cool. In the beginning, it wowed me. I was amazed I couldn't even fully express my amazement and fascination. As the article and the video progressed, however, I realized that it was not pseudoscience like Brandon said. More like false wording. The people in the video said that they wanted the plants to talk just like humans. The plants are not talking at all. There are only basic and since you probably don't want to read a SUPER LONG comment pretty much what Brandon F said in the first comment.
I thought that it was amazing that a house plant could actually send a message to you when it needs water. As Danielle said It is pointless because if you water it every day, it is already a part of your routine. But then again if it has to much water than that could hurt the plant too.
I am extremely amazed that a machine has been created to tell you what your plant needs. I think that in some ways, this machine is very beneficial, as oxygen producers and air cleaners are very necessary to basic everyday life. This is a good step towards a possible even greater invention, but I agree with Danielle that it is odd to have your plants texting and Twitter you. In this "recession", I don't think a lot of people are going to spend $99 on something like this. People have already created audio reminder machines that are hand-held and ones that are built into phone applications. The video might as well have been an advertisement reminding people to listen to their audio notes to themselves. I also hope that the voice can be personalized, because that Irish accent was a bit hard to understand. I think that this invention was a good step, but overall useless to society right now. Maybe in the future, things will change (well obviously things will change, but I mean along the lines of this).
WOW!!!! It is a little pointless but it could help you keep your plants healthy. But what would happen if the machine went crazy and told you you hadn't watered it enough when you watered it too much and it could drown so it is kind of risky. Although it could get a little annoying after a while. I think I need one for my hamster.
I think that is was really cool. Expensive, but like they said if you like your plants it is good investment. I disagree with Danielle. How would you know if you over watered it with a post it. How would you know you under watered it with a post it note. They should lower the price.
I loved this article! Even though the plant doesn't technically tell you what to do, (the probes do) it is an unbelievable invention! Especially for my household (all plants that enter have a death sentence of around 3 days). Even though Dani is right and that a pack of post-its are much cheaper, it is still cool if you don't... want to wast post-its?! Anyways, why do they have to Tweet? Why can't they just face book me (twitter is kind of lame)?
I agree with Brandon F and Danielle in the aspect that it seems kind of strange that they put the article in a way to so that it sounds that the plant is talking to you while it is really just a machine measuring water levels. other than the fact that it's not actually the plant talking or twittering to you, this was a very informativce article about plants. Very cool indeed! :[]
:] Enjoyed the article very much. :]
I think this device is interesting but I agree with Camille and Danielle that its pretty pointless. It can help if you regularly over water your plants but for 99 dollars? The plant isn't even talking to you! Its just a little computer that tells you if the soils wet or dry. Not thats its not cool but what's the point? You can tell just by looking if you over watered. I think its incredible but over all not a very useful product.
That was really cool how technology can advance like that but I don't think the plant is doing any of the twittering. The machine is probably just sensing the plants vegetation and healthiness and the machine is doing all the work for the plant. It is still useful but very tricky saying the plant is texting even though the machine is doing all the work for it.
Its amazing to think that your home plant cane text while you are at work to tell you that it has been under watered or over watered. To know what you plant is thinking sound really cool. I like plants and engineering so it would be really nice to combine the both. for people who have a fair amount of money, love plants, and don't take care of them this the perfect thing to have.
to me, it looks like a device too good to me true. i mean, i dont think it would actually work. it just looks like they are just sending messages to you how your plant is doing.
I agree with Howard and Danielle, would you want your plant to be complaining to you EVERY SINGLE MINUTE? It's kinda like whining, every couple days, or when it's an emergency is alright but how many texts will it send you? And as MANY other people already have mentioned texts cost money! Also, for those people who tweet they are wasting account names! Whenever you sign up for an account you already have to add numbers e.g. you have to replace granolabuddy
with gRanolabuddy_3268 for a username. I thought of granolabuddy randomly.
Well, as Dani said, post-its are 98 dollars cheaper. However, I can list some ways that this would be an advantage over a post-it.
1. Say you misplaced the post-it. Then what would you do? This just stays in the plant and there is no way to lose it.
2. You look at your cell phone AT LEAST seven or eight times a day.
I'm sorry; that anonymous was me. I accidentally pressed enter.
This is a really cool article and movie clip it explains that the plant is able to talk and say what it wants. But I think it is kind of crazy because why do I want to have a plant talk to me but if it was a very specific plant and needs a specific amount then I will buy it. I thought this was very interesting but still a little strange.
Hmm... It is true that texting costs some money that people can't afford sometimes, but if you can't afford to text, then why'd you just spend 90 dollars on a plant monitoring system? Just saying... Who knows?
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This kind of left me speachless. Plants texting???? Seriously???? For 99 dollars??? I totally agree with Danielle, why spend 99$ to let your plant tweet and yell out you wether you watered too much, didn't water enough!? Perhaps it is an amazing concept, but I find it hard to grasp the details. It sounds more like pseudoscience to me. Like Brandon F said, I doubt the plants actually say, "You overwatered me," maybe they just have a symbol, an action, or an emoticon representing that or something. This device is much too complex to be actually true.
It doesn't really surprise me that they came up with a mechanical leaf, I read it in a magazine a year ago. What I think is really cool is that when it texts you to water it, and you do what it says, it will text you a thank you note. For those of you who think it knows what the plant is feeling, it doesn't. You put in the type of plant and it will record how much water you put in. It then measures it and tells you if you put in enough, to little, or to much. If you don't water the plant for a long time, it will keep adding how much water it needs a day, and subtracting how much water you have already put in. I thought this article was very interesting.
Adding on to my previous comment, I think it is worth it to spend 99$ on it. I mean think about it. If you buy a plant for 15$, you spend 30$ getting it soil and watering it incorrectly and it dies, you buy another plant for 15$ and add soil and water again incorrectly, it will die. Then you think maybe I need to get a pot. You spend 15$ to get the plant, 30$ to get the soil and water, and 40$ to get the plant, it will cost much more than the mechanical leaf, and if you hire somebody to take care of your plants, thats like 25$ an hour, which ends up being a lot more than just buying the leaf.
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