Adding a photoresistor (light sensor) and a thermistor (temperature sensor) and connecting them to a programmed Arduino gave me a gadget that monitors the environment of a single plant.

The system here monitors temperature, humidity, and smoke levels and alerts you if those levels reach a certain point.

Because of the affordability and seeming ubiquity of the Arduino platform, they have been hard at work this last month trying to get their Geiger counter sensor board for an Arduino out the door.

The Arduino ecosystem is an amazing learning tool, but even those of us who love it admit that even the simplified C Arduino ...