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Garden-Tracking Cameras

The ‘Infagram’ Affordable Infrared Cameras Show How Plants Gro

— May 29, 2013 — Tech
For those who have always wondered how plants grow, how efficiently they’re growing and how healthy the plants truly are, Public Lab has created affordable infrared cameras that allows anyone to capture infrared images of plant life with ‘Infagram.’

These affordable infrared cameras allow the user to take pictures of plants, trees, farms, wetlands and gardens and examine how healthy their plants are. ‘Infagram’ encourages learning about the active growth of plant life by penetrating the red pigment produced in plants through photosynthesis. ‘Infagram’ then produces two pictures, an infrared-based one and a regular one. If there are a lot of bright spaces along the plants in the infrared-based picture, it means the plants have a lot of photosynthesis and are healthy. For farmers and gardeners alike, ‘Infagram’ will help them to keep track of their plants health without disturbing the plants.

A great way to merge photography and science, ‘Infagram’ is the one of most affordable infrared cameras on the market to date.
Trend Themes
1. Affordable Infrared Cameras - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing advanced image analysis software to automatically detect and assess plant health based on infrared images.
2. Plant Health Monitoring - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating IoT-enabled sensors that can collect real-time data on plant health and transmit it to a centralized monitoring system for analysis.
3. Photography-science Integration - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Designing smartphone apps that combine photography with scientific analysis to enable users to easily capture and analyze infrared images of plants.
Industry Implications
1. Agriculture - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing automated systems for precision farming that utilize infrared cameras and advanced analytics to optimize crop health and yields.
2. Environmental Monitoring - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating infrared camera systems for monitoring natural habitats and ecosystems to better understand plant health and biodiversity.
3. Education - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrating affordable infrared cameras into educational curricula to enhance students' understanding of plant biology and encourage hands-on learning.
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