Biobot

Biobot

Biobot is an open-source DIY smart greenhouse: it can autonomously control the environment of a plant (water supply, fresh air, temperature, humidity...) and provide an adaptable lighting system that emulates the ideal sunlight for each cycle.

What inspired you to make this project?:
Science-fiction always delivered us the promise of providing a cocoon to a plant in order to give it the best possible environment and to make it survive in hostile places, but this is almost always shown within a sterile reality where machines took control of everything. What inspired us in the beginning was the fact that using really basic, commercially-available components we could build something that got really close of that, at least for terrestrian usages. What moves us forward right now is our will to share with everyone the fact that the usually distant, shady universe of technology can be easily transformed by anyone into something that supports life in a witnessable way, and this can be really powerful.

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