If you thought Twittering is for humans only, well even plants are doing it now. Botanicalls, a group formed at New York University's interactive telecommunications program, lets plants reach out for human help! They offer a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates on your mobile phone. It’s made of soil moisture sensors that transmit information (too much moisture? too little?) through a circuit board to a microcontroller. The software has settings that allow you to program specifically for the type of plant and the unique qualities of the soil, and the language sent to Twitter can be customized—so the message can vary in tone from the polite “please” to the urgent “I’m desperately thirsty”. So now there is no excuse for not watering your plants on time

Via [CNet]