Inspiration
Joe owned a plant sophomore year that grew fairly well but eventually was lopsided as it grew towards the sunlight. It was also hard to know how much water to add to the plant and when.
What it does
Our project would aim at dealing with 3 major concerns of plant owners. First, the plant often withers as the days grow shorter in winter time. Second, the plant naturally grows towards the source of sunlight which is to a side for indoor plants. Third, it is hard to know how much water a plan currently has and when it is time to water the plant. To address the first issue we plan on building a UV light that is turned on via our arduino based on a light sensor input. During the expected daytime that our user chooses we will add light when we detect low external light. To address the second issue we have two remedies. First, the location of our UV being opposite the natural light will help to some degree. Second we could have a rotating platform that spins 90 degrees once a day to insure our plant is well rounded. To address the third issue we can use a plant barometer and LED lights that indicate if the plant needs watering and how much it needs. We could automate away the watering aspect but that is a core feature of the plant owning experience we wish to retain. Roles Luca-Will design the light sensor and the UV light output Per-Will design the LED system to indicate current water level Joe-Will design the rotation system
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