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sensing with sensors
- commercially > http://www.siliconvalley.com/venturecapital/ci_9604820
- System for sensing electrical potential particularly in plants. Patent number: 4039942
- “Als planten konden praten” sensoren in wageningen » http://library.wur.nl/file/wurpubs/wurpublikatie_i00365456_001.pdf
- 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/
measures
what can be measured?
- plant physiology
- moisture levels / tension
- action potentials (Reiss)
- […]
- environmental
- soil moisture
- pH level
- temperature
- 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 electric production in Plant MFC ??
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.” SensorML
sensory
- “Plant neurobiology: an integrated view of plant signaling” > http://crb.colostate.edu/home/Design/Assets/papers/Brenner2006.pdf
- see also plant perception