Thirsty Light - The dumb'n'ugly way to keep plants alive...

Plants in the home are supposed to add ambiance and a serene, natural feeling. And there's that added bonus of more oxygen to breathe. But if you're the tech-geek type (which I am), you probably don't have much of a green thumb, and your plants don't last very long. So what does our poor tech geek need to solve this problem? Something we're very accustomed to: a blinking light telling us what to do! Enter the Thirsty Light, a sensor to stick and leave in your potted plant, which will blink its little head off when the soil is dry. Sure, many plants may be spared otherwise slow, dry deaths - but that fugly little stick almost cancels out everything that's good about plants in the first place. No more ambiance or natural feeling, no more connection with other living things. Just blink and water, blink and water. Oh well, you can at least still enjoy the oxygen...
[via Gizmodo]