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By: Onion Goggles « I Am Rajendra - Watch The World With Me…..

Onion Goggles « I Am Rajendra - Watch The World With Me….. — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:53:41 +0000

[...] Design in Columbus, OH, is a professional inventor and has brought us the Power Squid and the Thirsty Light. He’s also responsible for Onion Goggles, which I review in this brief [...]

By: Video Review: Onion Goggles

Video Review: Onion Goggles — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:54:15 +0000

[...] Design in Columbus, OH, is a professional inventor and has brought us the Power Squid and the Thirsty Light. He’s also responsible for Onion Goggles, which I review in this brief [...]

By: thirstylight

thirstylight — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:02:56 +0000

Oh I can Twitter at you all right…

I’m relevant because I’m an innovative product, which makes some impact onto the market–all types of gardeners sure love me.

Thanks for all the kind words here on TechCrunch. I really do make your plants love you. *blink blink* *blink blink*

By: angus

angus — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:14:59 +0000

that is some geeky gardening.

love it!

By: Another Disgruntled TC Reader

Another Disgruntled TC Reader — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:29:23 +0000

“TechCrunch, founded on June 11, 2005, is a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. In addition to covering new companies, we profile existing companies that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the new web space.”

So this plant gadget thing is relevant how? Please focus!

By: Know When to Water Your Plants – Thirsty Light… | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:40:13 +0000

[...] When the light flashes, the plant needs water. The stick costs you $9.99 only. The idea is quite brilliant and simple and I believe that even one step to take care of these plants is a step forward to [...]

By: luke

luke — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:02:56 +0000

here’s my take on the same concept: http://www.instructables.com/id/Garduino_Gardening_Arduino/ . ideas to improve?

By: Wayspoint

Wayspoint — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:54:06 +0000

It very nice gatget. pant can live in door.

By: graywolf

graywolf — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:10:00 +0000

if you would identify them as something other than techcrunch i would, but unfortunately I placed my trust that techcrunch wouldn’t try to force feed me content I wasn’t interested in, and now they violated that, and I’m forced to read it or unsubscribe

By: Damien

Damien — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:14:05 +0000

I work with a guy who has a built-id Thirsty Light. It tends to go off at around 2 in the afternoon each day, right before he disappears down to the pub.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:43:53 +0000

I made one too! A few bits of plastic, basic circuit, battery and some metal prongs.

By: angus

angus — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:34:38 +0000

John,

The ficus is a sensitive little soul, less bothered by watering but changing heat and humidity.

If you change its environment it will drop leaves and take a while to stabilise, and the environment you put it in needs to be right. They hate air-con, and central heating and like humidity.

If you have it inside you need to keep away from draft, in good light, stable temperature and put it in a big bowl outside of the pot filled with water to provide humidity (don’t put the roots in the water though, as they don’t like wet feet). Regular misting also helps.

When you change the environment it will take a while to adjust – the leaves will brown and lots will drop off. But if the environment is right and when it has acclimatised it will recover.

Now if this gadget measured humidity, heat and soil moisture and was connected to a database that told you the right environmental conditions for each plant, and when to feed and with what and also sent you alerts….. then that would be useful. But I digress onto something vaguely tech related and useful!

angus

By: tritepseudonym

tritepseudonym — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:15:38 +0000

omnomnom

By: Daily Crunch: Factory Showroom Edition

Daily Crunch: Factory Showroom Edition — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:00:53 +0000

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By: Stan Oleynik

Stan Oleynik — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:51:01 +0000

I think this is a brilliant idea. nice.

By: Greg Kumparak

Greg Kumparak — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:16:15 +0000

So don’t read them.

By: I’m Thirsty Right Now. So Are My Plants. | Elite Eternity - Utah Entrepreneurship Blog

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:10:50 +0000

[...] to the big TC for making me aware of this fabulous [...]

By: Devin Coldewey

Devin Coldewey — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:58:13 +0000

You don’t have to thank us, it’s our job!

By: Phil Guindi

Phil Guindi — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:48:26 +0000

Neat product if it works well.

I am surprised others object to the article, as I think this is quite relevant for TechCrunch given that it is aligned with tech trends around ubiquitous computing. And yes, it would be even better if the sensor in the pot was hidden in the soil, and could communicate via Twitter. Maybe it could even help my plants become extended Facebook friends.

p.s. In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I am supporter of Plant Parenthood.

By: graywolf

graywolf — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:30:36 +0000

please stop spamming the techcrunch RSS feed with posts from crunchgear and mobilecrunch if I wanted to read them I would have subscribed to them