San Francisco startup Edyn has developed a smart gardening system called Edyn. The company is currently seeking investors on kickstarter for commercialization. The company has already succeeded in raising $278,000 (approx. 28.2 million yen), nearly three times its goal of $100,000 (approx. 10.14 million yen), and has decided to commercialize the product, which is scheduled to go on sale around April 2015.


The Edyn consists of three components: a sensor that measures soil conditions in the garden, a water valve that attaches to existing sprinklers to open and close faucets, and a smartphone app that manages these two devices.





The sensor is inserted into the soil of a garden. It measures the moisture and nutrients in the soil and points out the most appropriate plants to plant in that garden via a smartphone application. After the plants are planted, the system constantly monitors the soil conditions. The system informs the user when to apply the necessary fertilizer and water.



The water valve is linked to a sensor. The water valve opens at the appropriate time according to the amount of moisture in the soil to supply water to the plants. Most sprinklers in the U.S. sprinkle a fixed amount of water at regular intervals, but this is wasteful because it is carried out on a schedule even when it is raining. However, by utilizing Edyn, it is possible to stop this wasteful water supply.


Edyn is powered by solar cells. Therefore, unless very bad weather continues, there is no need to worry about manual recharging.



Jason Aramburu, founder of Edyn, says that Edyn can help even novice gardeners avoid major mistakes, and he hopes that Edyn will bring people into the gardening world who have been interested but have never gotten into it before.