Fang-Yu Yang
Tianyu Wu

iGrow

A houseplant "gardening" system connected to your mobile life.

http://itp.nyu.edu/~tw981/Tianyu/?p=520

Classes
Understanding Networks


iGrow is a houseplant “gardening” system that connect to your mobile life! We calculate the time, frequency that people spend on their phone everyday, and give plants water according to the data. Plants will only grow best when users reach their goal.

Audience
people who use mobile phone and would love to have plants

User Scenario
User go out, there is an app running on phone side. And server get the data from android, so your houseplants start to get water depending on your usage. User come back home, see if they reach their goal or not, and set their goal for the second day. Also, a website visualize their mobile usage.

Implementation
balsa wood, water plant