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 ====sensing with sensors====
-  * commerically > http://www.siliconvalley.com/venturecapital/ci_9604820?nclick_check=1
+  * commercial, US only plant sensor & planting database > http://www.easybloom.com/buy/overview.html
-====sensory====
+  * [[http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/plant-ed/1996-January/000393.html|people having trouble with carol reiss' action potential measuring experiment]]
-  * see also [[plant perception]]
+  * [[http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu:7131/bionet/hypermail/plant-ed/1996-February/000412.html|carol reiss on her action potential measuring experiment]]
+  * [[http://www.google.com/patents?id=YPwrAAAAEBAJ&dq=4039942|System for sensing electrical potential particularly in plants.]] Patent number: 4039942
+  * The 'Crescograph' invented by J.C.Bose
+  * Backster's polygraph experiments
+  * "Detecting Biodynamic Signals" by Michael Theroux > http://www.borderlands.com/archives/arch/detectin.htm
+  * "Als planten konden praten" sensoren in wageningen >> http://library.wur.nl/file/wurpubs/wurpublikatie_i00365456_001.pdf
+  * [[http://www.botanicalls.com/|plants on the phone]] botanicalls
+  * a pot plant that blogs from a japanese cafe > http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/midori-san-the-blogging-houseplant/
+  * Fertometer: http://www.fertometer.com/ (also has a quite detailed description of how it works: it's basically an electrical conductivity meter http://www.fertometer.com/specs.html. here is a page about making a DIY electical conductivity meter http://www.octiva.net/projects/ppm/)
+  * pH meter > http://blea.ch/wiki/index.php/PH_Meter
+  * environmental sensing > http://web.media.mit.edu/~fletcher/env-sensing/environmental-sensing.htm
+==== measures ====
+what can be measured?
+  * plant physiology
+    * moisture levels / tension
+    * action potentials (Reiss)
+    * [...]
+  * environmental
+    * soil moisture
+    * pH level
+    * temperature (eg. [[http://cache.national.com/ds/LM/LM35.pdf][LM35]])
+    * humidity
+    * uv / light levels
+what can be observed or recorded 'subjectively'?
+  * plant
+    * species, common name, individual name
+    * general characteristics (eg. height, width, density, branches)
+    * leaf qualities (eg. shape, arrangement, simple/compound, etc)
+    * foliage qualities (eg. colour, shape, feel, density, etc)
+    * health & happiness (as observed by the gardener)
+    * favourite music
+  * the plant's environment
+    * what is it like?
+plants producing electricity in [[Plant MFC]] ??
+==== parts / products ====
+  * http://octopart.com/parts/category--industrial+control--sensors+and+accessories/search?c=5510
+==== pachube preview ====
+<html><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script><script language="JavaScript" src="http://apps.pachube.com/google_viz/viz.js"></script><script language="JavaScript">createViz(1951,0,600,150,"FF0066");</script></html>
+http://apps.pachube.com/google_viz/preview.php?f=1951&d=0&w=600&h=150&g=FF0066
+==== data formats ===
+EEML "Extended Environments Markup Language (EEML), a protocol for sharing sensor data between remote responsive environments, both physical and virtual." http://www.eeml.org/
+"SensorML is an Open Geospatial Consortium standard markup language (using XML Schema) for providing descriptions of sensor systems. By design it supports a wide range of sensors, including both dynamic and stationary platforms and both in-situ and remote sensors." [[wp>SensorML]]
+==== sensory ====
+  * "Plant neurobiology: an integrated view of plant signaling" > http://crb.colostate.edu/home/Design/Assets/papers/Brenner2006.pdf
+  * "Plants as Sensitive Agents" > http://www.borderlands.com/newstuff/research/plantsas.htm
+  * see also [[plant perception]] and [[HPI]]