Sprout | The Tweeting Plant

A desktop planter that measures the vitals of your foliage friends and keeps you on top of plant care.

 

Task

Design a physical object that senses information and gives feedback to the user. Develop the product using an Arduino.

In partnership with Bridget Schiffler.

 

Client

Physical Interaction Design
Prof. Dominic Muren
Spring 2015

Deliverables

Working Product
Product Video

Outcome

Sprout was built and programed using an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi. The moisture, light and temperature sensors were hooked up to the Arduino. When these readings went above or below a threshold the data was translated into a specific kind of tweet and sent out to Sprout's twitter using the Raspberry Pi.