Plant Sines

A Planter that monitors the plant and communicates the conditions through music

Daisy seed microcontroller

Proximity sensor

prompt

Earth

Coaches & collaborators

institute

Betzalel Academy Jerusalem

As plant growers we always feel a dissonance when concerning our plants. We rarely truly know whether our household plants are happy or not. Plant Sines answers these questions by monitoring the plant environment and communicating the situation to us by sound. Research has shown the impact music has on humans and plants inevitably. The varying condition of the plant affects the way it sounds to us. By using this common language, we can bring together plants and humans in a new level of communication, allowing plant lovers to truly understand their plants.

process & design

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the tech

How does it work?

By using the DaisySeed we can gather inputs from Temperature, Humidity, Light and Proximity Sensors and translate them to Sound Signals, creating music and altering it. The Plant Sines planter has built in Speakers that emit the music depending on the state of the plant, communicating with the human. The Planter is assembled of two main components, the outer one holds the electronics and the inner component holds the plant. Both parts are 3D printed, designed in inspiration of the Sine Waveform.

Open source code

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Daisy seed microcontroller

A powerful microcontroller for synthesis programmed through C++, Arduino, Pure data and Max MSP

Proximity sensor

A proximity sensor detects movement