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Unlike other pots, this digital concept, called the Digital Pot, "lets you know on a display with a mix of emoticons and symbols what they want." No word yet on availability.

"It's even clever enough to drain itself if you're a chronic over-waterer like me, and charges via USB - also sending its data to you PC for your perusal. It's filled with sensors measuring temperature, soil moisture and the like."​

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