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Device
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PlantBuddy Web-Application
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Device Interface
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Features
🌱 PlantBuddy is an AI-powered, IoT-based device that wraps around a plant stem and transforms real plant electrical signals into emotional conversations and music.
Inspiration
Emotional loneliness is rising, yet most digital platforms feel impersonal and often monetize or centralize deeply private data. At the same time, humans naturally feel calm and safe around plants — they are non-judgmental, grounding, and alive.
The inspiration for PlantBuddy came from a simple question: What if a plant could become an interface for emotional expression — one that listens, responds, and protects your data instead of exploiting it?
We wanted to merge nature, AI, and decentralized technology to create a new kind of interaction where people can talk, express emotions, or create music — while retaining full ownership of their data.
What it does
PlantBuddy is an AI-powered, IoT-based interactive plant companion.
By sensing tiny electrical (capacitive) changes in a real plant when it is touched, PlantBuddy enables two core interaction modes:
🎙️ Talking Mode: Touching the plant activates an AI conversation. The user speaks, speech is transcribed, the AI responds empathetically, and the plant “talks back.”
🎹 Music Mode: Touch intensity modulates sound frequency, allowing users to play the plant like a living piano.
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