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 (approximately 28.2 million yen), nearly three times its goal of $100,000 (approximately 10.14 million yen), and has decided to launch the product commercially, with a planned release date around April 2015.


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 in the garden. It measures the moisture and nutrients in the soil and points out the most appropriate plants to plant in that garden via the smartphone app. After the plants are planted, the system constantly monitors the soil conditions. The system informs the user when to apply the necessary fertilizers 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 using Edyn, it is possible to stop this wasteful water supply.


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



Jason Aramburu, founder of Edyn, says that Edyn can prevent even novice gardeners from making major mistakes, and he hopes that it will encourage people who have been interested in gardening but have never gotten into it to get into it.