We may be one step closer to using technology to ensure productive, disease-free crops, thanks to the development of a multifunctional electronic patch ‘worn’ by plants that monitors for the presence ...

For obsessive but absent-minded tech geeks whose thumbs are jonesin’ to go green, the Flower Power app by Parrot is the perfect gardener on the cheap. Using a wireless bio-dongle — a kitschy ...

RALEIGH – Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can “wear” to monitor continuously for plant diseases or other stresses, such as crop damage or extreme ...

Researchers have developed biosensors that make it possible to monitor sugar levels in real time deep in the plant tissues - something that has previously been impossible. The information from the ...

In the realm of horticulture, technology continues to play an increasingly significant role. The latest innovation to hit the market is the Enviro Grow (Pico W Aboard), a wireless self watering plant ...

Greensens is a new plant health monitor and censor that allows you to check your houseplants remotely using the companion smartphone application. Designed to offer an easy way to take care of your ...

[Ovidiu] cares for their house plants, trying to dial in the perfect soil humidity and light levels. However, many cheap monitors tend to rust after a few weeks of sitting in a damp, slightly acidic ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Growing concern by Americans over exposure from damaged nuclear plants in Japan has prompted officials to deploy more radiation monitors in the western United States and Pacific ...