Dramm introduces a watering app and new wand to work with GoogleGlass.

Wearable technology is becoming more and more prevalent. Today, with the introduction of WateringPro™ from Dramm, wearable tech will become the trend in horticulture, as well.

Watering is one of the most important jobs in any nursery. It is also one of the most difficult skills to learn. WateringPro is an app for GoogleGlass designed to increase efficiency of hand watering while training the user to water better.

Using the unique GoogleGlass camera, heads-up display, and our new bluetooth-connected WateringPro Wand, the WateringPro App can not only determine the amount of water needed by each plant, but can measure the flow of the wand to meet each plant's specific needs.

Utilizing infra-red imaging, WateringPro can see plant stress levels, indicating the need for watering. These levels are visible to the user as varying colors from green to red, overlaid on each plant. As the user moves to water stressed plants, the bluetooth wand measures the flow to each plant and indicates the saturation of each pot by altering the overlay color to blue. Overwatering will result in a purple color overlay.

To begin watering, the employee just says "Ok Google, water." The bluetooth connected wand will begin immediately.

Other available commands are: "Ok Google, More water," "Less water," and "Stop."

As growers use the app, they will begin to learn how much water is needed by each plant.

For those employees slower to learn, the bluetooth wand has an additional feature. Two electrodes in the grip of the wand can emit an electronic shock from 0.000005 joules to 0.0005 joules. As the user continually over or under-waters plants, the WateringPro Wand can give them a little reminder.

Happy April Fools Day - Before we get reported to OSHA for worker abuse, Dramm is not making an App for GoogleGlass combined with a shock-wand.