'Smart pot' watches over house plants

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4eA6H91zWYPZBiyBJ2c9CQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-WAS-Was8891863-1-1-0.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/smart-pot-watches-over-house-plants-095503057.html)Parrot is ramping up its Flower Power with a pot that not only detects whether plants have enough light and fertilizer, but waters them as needed. Sensors in pots measure light, moisture, temperature, and the level of fertilizer to determine whether plants are getting proper amounts of each to flourish, Vanessa Loury of Parrot told AFP on Sunday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "There is also water in the pot so it will water the plants for you," Loury said. If plants need more light or fertilizer, alerts are fired off through free Flower Power applications available for mobile devices powered by Apple, Android or Windows software.



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