Edyn is a solar-powered smart
garden monitor. It includes a soil sensor that can track light,
humidity, temperature, nutrients, moisture and acidity to give
personalized recommendations about what will grow best, what fertilizer
to use, and when and how much to water. There’s also a water valve that
hooks up to the hose connected to your sprinkler system, or drip system
to automatically maintain the right moisture levels without
overwatering.
Once planted amongst your plants, the soil
probe designed by Yves Béhar's Fuseproject passes a small electrical
current through the soil to measure its various properties. Data is
streamed over WiFi to the Edyn cloud service (free, at least to
Kickstarter backers), where it’s analyzed and compared to database of
thousands of plants and their ideal growing conditions. The results are
accessible through a mobile app that provides a live snapshot of your
garden’s health, and if the moisture is low the water valve will turn on
the sprinklers for you.
Both the valve and the probe
are designed for outdoor use, which means they are resistant to water,
temperature, dirt and fertilizer. Internal lithium-polymer batteries
recharge themselves from solar cells, and the devices reduce their power
consumption on cloudy days. In response to customer feedback, the
designers decided to upgrade the battery to last 7 years before needing
to be replaced.
No comments:
Post a Comment