new design; The Plant Shelf
new design; The Plant Arm

hello everyone, i've put together a new arm. it's much more sleek and powerful with a surprise add-on !

again people, the idea is to grow plants anywhere, but what if we add a webcam to each arm? this way the camera could be programmed to take an hourly picture of the plant and collaborate them for us, automatically posting them to facebook, time-lapse style. so we can watch an apple tree grow in 1 minutes where as in reality it took 5 years.

we can pretty much tag any plant on the planet this way, very easily and cheaply. I'm just getting into circuits and I know that there are webcam modules, eventually my plan is to use a slim cell phone camera module. it will be much more easy to hide.

In this video I had the red lights running on a recycled cell phone battery, I switched it with a USB port as well.

Step 1: Version 1.0 Vs 2.0

here is a link to my first prototype; https://www.instructables.com/id/USB-powered-LED-pl... . the first prototype was done with LEDs from Radioshack and notice that it is missing the webcam option. this was just a quick put together prototype for what is to come, now i've posted Version 2.0

- For wiring instructions please read my first prototype

in Version 2.0 i have actually used 4 x 660nm high power LEDs. they are run from an old cell phone battery ($1 from thrift store). I also have some usb powered LEDs on there to, 4 x standard ultra violet spectrum around 400nm I believe.

the high powered LEDs are from Ebay, China. Takes about 2 weeks to get here, but totally worth it. Extremely cheap, everything you need is on there. Hardware parts are again from the local hardware store. Version 2.0 is an apple tree and the first version is a citrus tree.

I do not turn the lights on all the time, just for pictures, the trees are sitting by the window. wiring is too naked to keep them on at all times, I am working on a completely hidden and safe wiring design. I first need to figure out which LEDs are best for plant growing.

- For wiring instructions please read my first prototype