If you need to water your garden on a regular basis and see your water bills increasing as the temperature rises. You might be interested in a new watering system called the Droplet sprinkler.
The Droplet sprinkler combines robotics, cloud computing and connected services to to create a next generation sprinkler system that can save you money and lower your water consumption by up to 90% and offers precise, targeted water delivery.
“The Droplet sSprinkler smart sprinkler system leverages over 10,000 weather stations’ real-time data, millions of square miles of U.S. soil samples and comprehensive biological plant information to make decisions on when, where and how much water to deliver.
Seasonal information, plant transpiration rates and evaporation data all feed into Droplet’s cloud intelligence. The state-of-the-art robotic sprinkler understands each plant’s species specific needs, and disperses the proper amount of water at the optimal angle to ensure even and efficient watering. Even at the far end of the 30 foot range, Droplet can still accurately hit the face of a quarter with water!”
The Droplet sprinkler will start shipping on June 1st 2014 and is now available to pre-order from Amazon for $300. For more information on the new Droplet sprinkler jump over to the official Droplet website for details.
Source: Gizmodo
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