You have to read this article and checkout the Botanicalls site. Weird tech: Vegetation taps VoIP to voice its needs http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/30/31FEweirdtech2_1.html
Botanicalls, a VoIP-based service that enables plants to phone their human partners as needed and describe their tending needs in detail. http://www.botanicalls.com/ Here's how Botanicalls works: Light and moisture sensors on the plant communicate to an embedded system programmed in Arduino, an open source electronics prototyping platform for hardware and software. When a plant's microcontroller determines that the plant needs to phone for help, it makes use of Xbee and Xport open source RF communication equipment to contact a PHP script with the plant's ID number and specific need. The PHP script then packages information about the specific plant stored in the database and passes it on to Asterisk. The call is placed to the plant's caregiver by Asterisk, which plays an audio file in the "voice" of the plant expressing its need. Before you know it Simon will have the plants playing Zork! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
