Even during heavy rainfall this spring, I’ve seen irrigation systems going full blast. Imagine you’re at a restaurant and the waitress/waiter keeps adding water to your already full glass. The extra ...

Hackster.io member “t ps” has created an Internet of Things (IoT) Raspberry Pi rain checking system complete with a light sensor to provide a way of triggering other devices or code using the Amazon ...

Every July, Smart Irrigation Month celebrates the benefits of efficient irrigation products, highlighting their positive economic and environmental impacts. One major component of gardening is ...

Rain Bird’s first-generation smart controller is rather utilitarian and its performance is slow, but it features enough extras to merit a look in some environments. Rain Bird is a venerable company ...

If you’ve got a smart home, or you just want to know how soaked your garden is getting in the winter, you might want to measure rainfall. There are a bunch of ways to go about it, and this capacitive ...

Dreaming about a little device capable of measuring rainfall or closing a skylight when it starts raining? Recently I found an amazing Optical Rain Gauge introduced by Hydreon Corporation. The RG11 ...