Master’s Project: By Green Thumb
I created a series of tools that make it easier for young people that find it hard to take care of plants and would like to be more green conscious through growing their own herbs.
Tool 1
The self-watering pot: Through capillary action, a piece of string absorbs water sending it to the soil to keep your plant's soil moist for a period of two weeks, before the water chamber has to be refilled.
Tool 2
Another thing that I prototyped was the Growbot, an Arduino controlled plant sensor, that makes sure that the health of your plant is well maintained. As a user, one is informed about the light, environmental temperature and soil moisture. This is the Tamagotchi of the 21st century plant owner.
I made an instruction manual that anyone could access to make their own prototype of the Growbot. The last page of the manual includes a small guide on how to access the code from Github, so that you can upload directly to your Arduino.
Tool 3
While working on the Growbot, I wanted to take the self-watering concept a step further and started looking into hydroponics (soil-less farming). The goal was to build a fairly simply vertical garden with regular house items and some IKEA products.
There is a manual below that you can follow to build your own Hydronius, or you could scroll down and see the prototype in action.
