Automatic Plant Waterer

This automatic plant waterer waters plants at a predetermined interval based on the room temperature. This project was made for my roommate and I as we both are irresponsible at watering our plants frequently but enjoy having them because they look nice. The invention uses a TMP sensor to detect the outside temperature and servo motor to control the arm that lets water flow out. If the room temperature is above 65 degrees fahrenheit, the servo motor will turn to allow water to drip out of the bottle for 10 seconds every four hours. If it is between 50 and 65 degrees, the waterer will water the plants for 10 seconds every 12 hours. If it is less than 50 degrees, the waterer will water the plants for 10 seconds every 36 hours. The idea behind this is that the hotter the room is, the more water the plants will require and thus the more frequently they will be watered. I chose this solution because it only required materials that I already owned, making the budget for this project very low. I did not use outside resources while creating my project. However, after creating it, I looked online and saw that there were many similar projects. Therefore, if I were to redesign this project in the future, I would modify it so that water is pumped up into the basin instead of having an upside-down water basin. Creating this project taught me the importance of thoroughness -- while actually building it there were a lot of moments where I realized I had not thought through exactly what I would need to do, and if I had planned better the process would have been smoother.