IOT Hackathon 2018, Puppet
Alex Weston
- Problem: Although growing your own plants provides many benefits for a sustainable future, urban dwellers often have little exposure to gardening, so they may not know how to care for plants.
- Benefits of growing plants:
- Improved air quality
- Some plants (spider plants) minimize allergens
- Supplemental food source
- Reduction in food transportation costs
- Reduced stress
- Basic education about gardening
Solution: Plant.io can help by monitoring moisture and light levels, reminding you when it's time to water and giving visual and audible indications of the plant’s overall wellness.
Daniel Phillips, Sowmya Dinavahi
Sue Robbins
- Provided humidity sensor isn't suitable for measuring soil moisture, so we simulated this using a adafruit feed
- Tactile button doesn't attach well to the board
- Had trouble getting RGB LED to work
Olivia Cole
- Implement custom dashboard based on our prototype for better user experience
- Use a soil-specific moisture sensor to replace simulated sensor
- Integrate a temperature monitor
- Include email or push notifications when plant needs attention
- More physical outputs to indicate plant health (LED diplay, servo-based flag)
- Multi-plant monitoring
* dashboard feeds aren't displayed in public version of the dashboard