The S.Pot – Automatic Watering System
Have you ever wanted to water your plants but you didn’t have the time? Did your plants die?
The answer to that very question is the motivation behind the development of the S.Pot – Smart Automatic Monitoring And Watering Pot.
If you watch the video which is embedded below, you’ll see that the S. Pot has the function of properly watering houseplants without needing daily attention.
The device has an LED light that changes color when the pot needs water and/or electricity. The S.Pot only uses water when the plant needs it. The unused water is kept in a reservoir.
One thing that makes the S.Pot stand out is how the designers target the roots for the watering of the houseplant. On the indiegogo.com website where the S.Pot is seeking crowdfunding, the designers discuss how plants are often watered on their leaves, which wastes water and can also lead to less-than-optimal plant health.
After doing some research, I found that indiegogo.com is similar to kickstarter.com, the main difference is that the project will still receive funding even if it doesn’t acquire its entire “flexible funding goal.” But both indiegogo.com and kickstarter.com are large crowdfunding websites that fuel lots of projects.
Although I don’t personally like plants in my room, I still think this is a very cool idea. I know of several friends of mine that had their plants die that would love this self-watering system.
It looks like the minimum contribution required to get an S.Pot is $95. It is called the “Simple Pack” and you get a rectangular S.Pot as well as a huge “thank you” message from the development team. According to their webpage, the estimated delivery for the S.Pot would be June 2016.
Unlike lots of crowdfunding projects on the internet, the S.Pot team has already completed the research and development for the electronic circuit and also the monitoring system. So it seems the support that backers give are going to primarily help with the commercial-level manufacturing of the product.
Here’s a link to the official S.Pot webpage at indiegogo.com … and check out their video that explains their project below!
-Tyler