The Swiss company Koubachi AG hopes to use its scientific prowess to craft new innovation for the smart home. It began by targeting plants and developing a free application to help you care for your ...

What’s the opposite of a “green thumb”? You. After flubbing a forest’s worth of ficuses and killing countless cacti, it’s time to get some help with this whole indoor gardening thing. The Koubachi ...

The future of healthy indoor plants, courtesy of AI. (Credit: [Liam]) Like so many of us, [Liam] has a big problem. Whether it’s the curse of Brown Thumbs or something else, those darn houseplants ...

Edyn, a company developed by ecologist Jason Aramburu, aims to make gardening an enjoyable experience for everyone. To that end, it has invented a sensor that aims to take the guesswork out of the ...

If you are designing your own intelligent “Graden Computer” with an optional digital plant moisture sensor/water pump controller that lights an LED to alert the user when it is time to water a potted ...

Senso is a smart, gamified plant sensor that uses AI to improve plant care. The device can track key metrics like soil moisture, temperature, and sunlight data in real-time. There’s a pixel-like ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University professor has built an innovative handheld sensor that gives plant scientists and farmers a more precise way of measuring the health of crops while gathering ...

December 27, 2013 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google The main thing you need to do to keep your plants alive is to water them, and while there are some DIY ...

It’s not infrequent that we see the combination of moisture sensors and water pumps to automate plant maintenance. Each one has a unique take on the idea, though, and solves problems in ways that ...