It looks like a rather tall and not very interesting flower container, but Parrot’s device — simply-named Pot — may be just what your plants crave.
This Bluetooth device can tell when your plant is thirsty and then water it for you. Standing roughly a foot tall and introduced at CES 2015, the tall white pot has built-in sensors that can read the level of fertilization, temperature and level of moisture in the soil and notify you when the plan needs water.
It holds a full 2 liters of water (enough for 3 weeks of watering) that you pour into an opening on the side.
If Pot detects that the plant is thirsty and you have the app set to automatic, it can water the plant itself via an array of nozzles built along the top edge. The app also allows you to water a plant whenever you want by tapping a button.
Pot is a follow up to Parrot’s Flower Power devices. Like Pot, they work with an app that notifies you about your plant’s condition based on readings collected from the soil and surroundings, and the kind of plant you designated.
Pot behaves similarly. You select your plant from the app’s vast database, and Pot knows how often it will need water — as well as light and fertilizer, though the device has no control over either one of those conditions.
Perhaps the only notable deficiency of Pot is that it’s Bluetooth only, which means that if you’re not nearby you can’t control the watering (as you would if it had Wi-Fi connectivity). You can’t water your plants from your vacation destination.
There may be a good reason for this choice, however: Pot operates on batteries. Wi-Fi might have eaten too much battery power to be dependable for, say, a three-week stretch of auto-watering.
If a full-sized smart pot is too overwhelming, Parrot is also offering H20. It too can automatically water your plants, but is more like Flower Power in that it’s a stand-alone sensor that sticks right into the dirt of your potted plants. Its water supply comes from a small water bottle you attach directly to H20.
Pricing and availability have not yet been set for Pot and H20, though Parrot said both products should arrive sometime this year.
Source: mashable.com