ThirstyLight keeps watch on plants so you don't have to

While it won't keep watch on your plants and water them like some devices we've seen, the so-called ThirstyLight will at least handle one part of that equation, with it sending out a signal in the form of a blinkin' LED light when your plants' soil gets dry. That's handled by a "Drypoint Digital Circuit," which checks moisture levels once per second and is able to discern between five different levels of dryness (relayed to you by blinking patterns of increasing urgency). If that sounds like the solution to your plant problems, you can pick one up now for $10, or get 'em in bundles of three, six, or twelve at a discount.

[Maximiliam @ Nov 24th 2007 11:31AM]

I so need this.

[euclid @ Nov 24th 2007 11:46AM]

thats rather cool :) I'll probably get some.

[Greg Thompson @ Nov 24th 2007 11:52AM]

Shrek's Q-Tip's?

[fraggle @ Nov 24th 2007 12:12PM]

Also can be used in ones beer can to indicate to the misses she's late replenishing your ale.

[Omar Narvaez @ Nov 24th 2007 1:16PM]

i wonder what my cactus would think of this

[Doug @ Nov 24th 2007 1:30PM]

cool?

[jeremyrx7 @ Nov 24th 2007 1:46PM]

How hard is it to notice that your plants have dry soil???

[Abuzar @ Nov 24th 2007 1:46PM]

Will this work for my chickens? So difficult refilling their damn water all the time lol.

[Jamie Magee @ Nov 24th 2007 1:55PM]

This is a very basic electronics circuit. I built one similar to this back in school, when I was 13 (only 3 years ago). Mine only had 3 levels of dryness, but it would be easy to add another 2.

[silverblackvoid @ Nov 24th 2007 2:54PM]

cool. now my bonsai will remain nourished forever and it will help me create my ultimate Zen environment.
infinite knowledge potential and uber hacking experience.

[Karim @ Nov 24th 2007 3:10PM]

Houseplants: The Original Tamagotchi

Of course, now you'll need another device that tells you when your ThirstyLight batteries are running low.

Then another device that tells you when *that* device's batteries are running low.

u.s.w.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

[John @ Nov 24th 2007 3:11PM]

When light is wet, it is raining.

[David @ Nov 24th 2007 3:25PM]

will this work with infants

[hackedbyjoe @ Nov 24th 2007 3:38PM]

Great Idea! Probably not, set up like this, but I bet one could mod it so that would attach easily to a daiper.

[Wwhat @ Nov 24th 2007 8:13PM]

Nice definition of 'overpriced'

[hp540 @ Nov 24th 2007 10:52PM]

Needs a wi-fi transmitter so I can check the watering status of my plants from the comfort of my desktop computer or from the internets.

I can see that making them a lot more useful!

[randy @ Nov 25th 2007 12:18AM]

neat, but this basically turns you into a slave to your plant. No thanks. I have enough beeps commanding me to do things already.

[Clancy @ Nov 25th 2007 1:48AM]

We had these in time gone past about 10 years ago except ours where in the form of a bird on the end that used to chirp when the soil was dry and needed watering.

AU

[Seakurt @ Nov 25th 2007 11:23AM]

Once you start watering plants regularly then they just start to expect it.

[mikejonas @ Nov 25th 2007 3:32PM]

It would be cooler if it had a sound chip that screamed and moaned in agony, instead of a blinking light.

[Jhinch @ Nov 26th 2007 1:53PM]

I dont know if anyone noticed but probably due to this article this product is now sold out until Jan 08. What a shame... this seemed like a cool little gift to give for the holiday's.

[shane @ Nov 26th 2007 7:47PM]

This is pretty neat since I always forget to water the plants, and seems pretty clueless when the right usually is.