Niwa – Grow Your Plants With Your Smartphone
Vishal Khan
Jun 10, 2014
A world first, this smartphone-controlled plant growing system called Niwa is the best way to have the freshest and healthiest food right at your fingertips. With this new technology gadget of 2014, you can come home to a fresh produce every day, and subsequently build a healthier, safer and better environment.
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Meet Niwa
A fully connected growing system that enables you to grow your own fruit, veg, flowers, and even herbs, Niwa is presently a project on Kickstarter that was built to show the world that its time to reform the way we grow things.
Keep The Chemicals Away
Letting you grow your own produce from the comfort of your home, Niwa keeps the chemicals off your plate entirely. A culmination of two years of research and development and many iterations, trials and prototypes, it’s simply the best system there is for the purpose.
Combining Technology
Working away the hassle of gardening as the world knows it, Niwa is a combination of hardware and hardware that function in sync. Giving you full control from your smartphone, it creates the perfect environment for your plants, watering and feeding them efficiently.
How It Works
With the help of a powerful microcontroller, the Niwa system operates like an experienced farmer. It monitors the humidity and warmth of your plants to ensure they are well-watered for optimal growth. This is possible because of sensors and actuators that help create the perfect ecosystem for your plants by controlling the temperature, humidity, and even light cycles.
Irrigation System
With it’s automated irrigation system, your plants are watered and fed sufficiently, giving you remarkable results. The system is based on hydroponic technology and makes no use of soil, which means you won’t have to no pull weeds, plough, till, or deal with hoes.
Accompanying App
Niwa comes with an accompanying app that helps determine what stage of growth your plants are in, from a set of questions that it will ask you. It is available on iOS and Android and gives you visual data of the progress of your plant.
