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Many plants are greatly over-watered. Electronics such as this are usually asleep, drawing tiny amounts of power (we had one in a shipping container that neede
by gte910h 15y ago
Many plants are greatly over-watered.
Electronics such as this are usually asleep, drawing tiny amounts of power (we had one in a shipping container that needed it's battery changed no more than 18 months).
- groggles 15y agoA decent watering schedule is not an overwatering schedule. Watering plants properly is not a difficult activity. Further even assuming that it is very low power, just the energy and materials used to construct it blow away any notion that it is green. This is an anti-green product. It is using products made via energy and chemical rich processes, then vampiring power, to solve a complete non-problem. It is novel, and it's right for HN, but the GP's point is completely on the money.
- icebraining 15y agoWell, even if a fixed schedule isn't adequate, a single (as opposed to one per plant) device that you can use to manually (with a led instead of a full on IP device) evaluate if the plant needs watering and that uses no power between usages would be much "greener".
- sown 15y agoI wonder if a potato could power it.