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December 1, 2008
Ecco Friendly Gadgets
The Today Show, Cat Schwartz
December 2008
Last-Minute Gifts for Moms, Dads, Grandparents, and More
Parents Magazine, Taryn Jedlicka and Susan Leaderman
December 2, 2008
Useful Tech Gifts For The Person Who Has Everything
New York News 1, Adam Balkin
November 2008
Can't Live Without Gadgets
Women's Health
November 2, 2008
The Dirt
Tampa Bay Tribune Online, Penny Carnathan
October 27, 2008
PlantSense Launches EasyBloom plant Monitoring Sensors
VentureBeat, Dean Takahashi
October 26, 2008
CNET Editors' Take
CNET, Elsa Wenze
October 2008
PopSci Pick of the Month
Popular Science
June 15th, 2008
PlantSense offers Internet-connected gardening tools
VentureBeat, Dean Takahashi


Press Releases

PlantSense Introduces First Internet-Enabled Gardening Device to Connect Technology to the Garden Pdf
EasyBloom Plant Sensor Available on Amazon.com, Frontgate.com and Smarthome.com

SAN FRANCISCO – Oct. 27, 2008 – PlantSense Inc. (www.easybloom.com) today unveiled the EasyBloom Plant Sensor, a gardening solution that can recommend exactly which plants will thrive in a particular spot, and diagnoses what is wrong with ailing plants. This marks the first time this type of horticultural technology has been available to the general consumer.

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PlantSense Partners with Ball Horticultural Company, The National Gardening Association, and Accuweather.com Pdf
PlantSense Leverages Partners' Intelligence to Make Gardening Effortless

SAN FRANCISCO – Oct. 27, 2008 – PlantSense Inc. (www.easybloom.com), makers of the first Internet-connected gardening tool, today announced partnerships with leading gardening and seed companies including Ball Horticultural Company, W. Atlee Burpee and the National Gardening Association, and AccuWeather.com, The World's Weather Authority®. PlantSense has tapped detailed plant and weather intelligence from these leading organizations to help people know what to plant where, and ensure that what they plant thrives.

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PlantSense Raises $3.5 Million in Funding, June 16, 2008 Pdf
PlantSense Kicks-Off Beta Program!

New Internet-Connected Device Will Help Ensure Plants Thrive
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. June 16, 2008. – PlantSense, a pioneer in Internet-enabled gardening tools, has received $3.5 million in Series A funding from Gabriel Ventures and independent investors. Working in combination with its free Internet service, the PlantSense tool recommends which plants will thrive in a specific location and diagnoses what is wrong with ailing plants. The device, due to be launched later this year, can be used year-round in homes and gardens. “Americans spend $21 billion annually on plants, but a third of those plants die within a year,” said Matthew Glenn, CEO for PlantSense. “For many people, gardening, and especially figuring out what to plant where, is a frustrating and expensive process of trial and error. PlantSense’s device will be like having a botanist in your pocket making it easier and less work to enjoy thriving plants.”

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