Here’s the presentation that Kate and I gave in Jeff Feddersen’s Sustainable Energy on the second prototype for Solar Botanicalls. This version includes battery monitoring circuitry that creates a text message asking the user to change the batteries. We figured …
Kate and I finished the prototype for Solar Botanicalls. It uses an array of solar panels for battery boosting power and as a sensor for light. Here’s the presentation we gave in class, and a movie of the prototype in …
Full Botanicalls circuit with solar sensor battery boost Kate Hartman and I are working on augmenting Botanicalls with a solar panel that will act as both a light sensor and a battery charger for each plant in the project. The …
Botanicalls plants now can check on each other before making phone calls–part of my Sociable Objects thesis that explores using local sources to drive better-informed behaviors. Here’s the scenario: Fiddle-leaf fig is low on light. Its light level for the …
