Twittering Earth Plants Talk to the Heavens

摘要

There was a time when organic plants appealed only to our nutritional needs and visual aesthetics. Plants might have talked with one another via their roots, but they almost never spoke to humans.That all changed with the arrival of the Internet of Things (IOT). Back in 2006, a project called Botanicalls was started to enable houseplants to engage with humans through the telephone or Twitter. Botanicalls was a networked sensing communication system that allowed plants to place phone calls and send tweets for human help. For example, a thirsty plant could send a message to a person asking to be watered. On the other hand, a person could phone up the plant to hear about their latest needs and garden gossip.