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The smart flower system with climate control automatically helps grow plants sans human involvement

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Arguably, greens inside the house spread healthy, positive vibes to relax the body and mind. But caring for these plants inside the house is not everyone’s piece of cake. Some people try very hard but to no avail. This is where smart planters step in. Using high-tech monitoring and growing techniques – with minimum human effort – these planters can water, care for the soil, and automatically adjust the environment to intensify plant growth.

Smart planters are available dime a dozen. While some options rely on artificial light to help grow greens in shadier parts of the house, there are others that keep the plants happy and healthy autonomously. In the already crowded, but high-demand segment, designer Evgeniya Burmistrova has introduced a smart flower system with climate control that takes care of the plants independently and leaves you with a green, inviting environment at home.

Designer: Evgeniya Burmistrova

This smart planter can monitor the condition of the air, soil and the plant to ensure it receives the right amount of water and light to grow healthier. Designed with the working population in mind (who have less time to care for their plants, but love to have them in their indoors), the plant pot can artificially control humidity, air temperature, and more to ensure plants do not die during the user’s long absence. This endeavor can be further beneficial for the users, who can through a mobile app, control, monitor and see the plant’s performance from anywhere.

This flower system comprises three elements: a pair of smart flower pots and a stand. While all components are designed to work independently, they are best used together, with the two pots hanging from the stand. The stand is as versatile as the planters; it is usable in both vertical and horizontal orientations and can rotate 360-degrees. The pots and the stand all have their own LED backlight that works as the light source to provide natural light for Photosynthesis.

This means, no matter the type of plant you’ve got, this smart flower system will take best care of it even when you can’t. A planter like this is bound to look good at home and make indoor gardening pleasurable for all (irrespective of an individual’s time or knowledge).

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This smart planter automatically waters your plants by turning humid air into pure water. One day it could solve our water crisis too.

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As a kid, I often wondered who watered the forests. Given that the monsoons only came for a brief couple of months in the entire year, it seemed like a pretty valid question. What did the plants and trees do for the rest of the months? Did someone actually go and water them? Well, a couple of lessons in biology and geography eventually taught me how forests sustain themselves. Like a much larger version of a terrarium, forests generate water vapor through transpiration, causing the area’s humidity to shoot up. The humidity would eventually condense on leaves in the early morning and drip back into the soil before sunrise. Clever, isn’t it? Well, WALTY is an indoor planter that sort of works the same way.

Designers: Karlos Miranda & Kevin Rivera of WATRIC Energy Resources

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Designed to take the absolute hassle out of watering and taking care of your plants, WALTY gives them the water they need by simply pulling it out of the atmosphere. Because a singular plant can’t generate and capture enough atmospheric humidity as an entire forest, WALTY basically does that part for your plant. Now it might sound borderline magical, but the way WALTY works is similar to a dehumidifier. A dehumidifier pulls moisture from the air using cold plates that force water droplets to condense on them. The droplets then drip down into a reservoir tank, and when it fills up, you simply empty it out. WALTY’s approach is similar, except it uses that very water to keep your plant hydrated… sort of like a win-win.

The smart condensation system transforms moisture in the air into liquid water.

Water goes directly into the bottom of the planter.

Program WALTY to water your plants from every day to once a week.

Founders Karlos Miranda and Kevin Rivera.

The WALTY’s origin has an aspect of environmental and social design to it too. Almost four years ago, Puerto Rico was struck by the devastating hurricanes Irma and Maria. While a collapsed power grid forced some people to rely on power plants or solar panels for energy, access to clean water was extremely limited and required waiting in line at the supermarket for hours. In fact, during the aftermath, it was estimated that more than 95% of Puerto Ricans lacked drinking water. This prompted the team at WATRIC Energy Resources to immediately search for new off-grid alternative water sources that could address this problem.

First line of assembly.

After months of research, the team developed their first proof of concept using a condensation system that could magically pull small amounts of water from the air. However, creating a larger-scale solution for humans required extra funding and further R&D, so the team decided to take their condensation system and build a self-watering smart-planter. The WALTY campaign, a result of this research, will help the fine folks at WATRIC Energy Resources secure funding to scale up their idea, so that humans can get access to pure drinking water from the air too.

Although its history is pretty complex, WALTY makes sure that taking care of your plant isn’t. The ‘magic’ planter pulls moisture from the air and supplies it directly to your plant’s roots. Unlike most smart or self-watering planters that require you to manually refill the water reservoir every few days, WALTY doesn’t. Just how a rainforest is self-reliant, so is WALTY. Switch it on and your plant basically grows on its own without ever needing anything from you. Sure, a bit of sunlight and some Beethoven music (proven to help plants grow) would go a long way, but you don’t need to worry about over or underwatering your plants. WALTY will automatically switch on once every two days to gather enough atmospheric moisture to keep your plants nourished all the time… even when you’re on vacation! ESPECIALLY when you’re on vacation!

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