Koubachi, the Swiss start-up that monitors plant health in real-time and provides alert reminders for plant care and assistance.
Koubachi, the plant care expert, launches its next generation of plant sensors, the Plant Sensor Pro, designed for professional gardeners to accurately determine the health and vitality of plants. Also being launched is Koubachi’s second-generation versions of the indoor and outdoor plant sensor device, Plant Sensor 2. New features include soil temperature, artificial light measurement, with the Outdoor and Pro versions featuring the weather forecast integration. Koubachi’s Plant Sensors are available to buy now from store.koubachi.com and online partners.
The Plant Sensor Pro uses Wi-Fi technology that enables users to monitor and access detailed data from anywhere. The data can be viewed as graphs and the raw data is also available for download.
While still in beta mode, Plant Finder works already very well. Koubachi’s statistical models are even self-learning. This means that Plant Finder is improving all the time.
Building on the success of its popular interactive plant care assistant available as an iPhone App and Web App, Koubachi launches a complementary Wi-Fi Plant Sensor that seamlessly integrates into the Koubachi system. The sensor literally gives your plant a voice.
The Wi-Fi Plant Sensor measures soil moisture, light intensity and temperature. Using the built-in Wi-Fi module, the data is sent to the Koubachi cloud, where it is analyzed by the Koubachi Plant Care Engine based on scientific plant care models developed in cooperation with biologists. The plant owner is provided with detailed care instructions regarding watering, fertilizing, misting, temperature and light through push notifications or email.
“The Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor is the first device ever that enables real-time monitoring of the plant’s vitality” says Philipp Bolliger, CEO of Koubachi and adds: “We are very proud to launch this revolutionary innovation at CeBIT 2012. It’s a truly unique product in the field of “Internet of Things” and bringing state-of-the-art technology to plant care”.
“While the new Wi-Fi plant sensor will provide the user with the most accurate diagnosis of the plant’s vitality, including temperature and light instructions, it’s still possible to use the Koubachi iPhone App without a sensor”, explains David Kurmann, the Head of Marketing and Sales”. as before, the user then just needs to calibrate his plant once.”
The Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor runs with two standard AA batteries and has a battery lifetime of over 1 year. It’s compatible with the common Wi-Fi protocols (Wi-Fi / 802.11). It retails for €109.- and can be purchased with start of the CeBIT.
Plant Finder
When using a plant care app like Koubachi, one of the more tricky things you need to figure out is the type of your plant. Koubachi Plant Finder helps you to determine your plants’ species. And it’s very easy: it will ask you a few simple questions and figure out the species within no time.
Koubachi grows its gardening range with new professional Wi-Fi Plant Sensor
Plant Sensor Pro allows gardeners to monitor the health of plants
Working with the free iOS and Android compatible Koubachi App, the Indoor and Outdoor plant sensors identify the plant’s needs and send care instructions to the gardener’s smartphone, tablet or computer at the right time to let them know when the plant needs watering, fertilising or attention. Moreover, the new Outdoor sensor also includes a weather forecast integration feature that takes into account if there is a high-probability of rain. The user will only be notified if the plant needs watering and there is no rain on the way. The Koubachi App database is continuously updated with care information for unusual plants and with its Plant Finder feature, gardeners can identify unknown plant species.
With 77 per cent of Brits now keen gardeners, everyone seems to want thriving and healthy plants. We’ve been developing the new Wi-Fi Plant Sensors 2 for more than a year incorporating many additional functions such as soil temperature and Plant Finder feature, and learning from the feedback given from users of the first generation sensors,” said, Dr. Philipp Bolliger, CEO and founder of Koubachi.
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