hi em,
thanks for your reply. introducing people to electronics & open source
hardware in fun & interesting ways is certainly a good thing, there are
many ways to do that & i'm sure that your workshop is an inspiring
introduction. but my idea of playful engagement with my plants involves
seeding, watering, watching, touching, repotting, pruning & eating them
- the whole thing of growing plants is for me a playful engagement.
i find the botanicalls thing is even more disturbing than your detector
- if you're going to have a system like that then why not remove the
human-plant interaction completely & just have an automated watering system?
h : )
On 25/06/13 1:00 PM, Emilie Giles wrote:
Hey guys :)
Helen (Varley Jamieson) I think your point about it not being
difficult to tell when plants are thirsty is completely true - all you
need to do is see your plant drooping and feel that the soil is dry to
know. I think though that as Helen (Pritchard) says, the workshop
gives you the chance to engage with your plants in a playful way.
Making something like this is a great way to teach people electronics
in a fun way as well - most people who come to these workshops have
never done anything like this before, or if they have not since
school. Being an evening workshop this is more for adults but its been
ran with kids too who absolutely love it so its a good way to get kids
into technology.
Once people see that they can make a circuit it gives them the
confidence to think about other projects they'd like to build,
especially with Arduino (like in Soenke's link).
I guess something like this would be the next step!:
http://www.botanicalls.com/archived_kits/twitter/
Em
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