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Plant Mate – High tech green thumb help



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With spring comes visions of thriving home-based gardens and the latest gardening gizmos. The title=”Yanko Design” Plant Mate will help gardeners monitor some of the key factors to any garden’s success.

plantmate Plant Mate   High tech green thumb help

Shaped like a golf tee with a futuristic twist and a small solar panel, this cool looking device can monitor soil moisture, nutrient levels, sun exposure and ambient temperature and can be downloaded to any smart phone or hand-held computer. Still a concept device, gardeners worldwide will definitely be lining up for this garden aid.

It’s called the “Plant Mate” and it’ll make your green thumb feel like it’s surrounded by bright, lovely lights! This mate works in concert with your phone (or tiny, handheld computer) using existing “smart phone technology” for data input and output.

Tags: gadget, eco+gadget, plant+mate, solar+garden+planner, garden+gadget


 Plant Mate   High tech green thumb help

About the Author:

Debra Atlas is a freelance environmental writer and eco-enthusiast based in Northern California, and is the Red Ferret’s Ecological Editor. Debra looks for the upside of eco-change - what’s positive, making a difference. She hunts down those interesting things cooked up by creative minds, especially if they’re strange and eccentric.

Debra Atlas – who has written posts on The Red Ferret Journal.


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