Next steps

I envision that the project could be taken further in the following ways:

• Improvement of the LED component to better communicate emotion
• Improvement of the 'Shivering' emotion to include a sinusoidal decay algorithm
• Incorporation of a soil sensor and a 'thirst' emotion as well as a 'feeling sick' emotion to indicate over-watering
• As mentioned below, ultimately, this could be used to make suggestions to the user on how better to take care of the plant
• Give it a form by incorporating the electronics more throughly. A key idea that I want to explore is a pipe-cleaner form factor which would allow it to cling onto a plant in the branches and/or stick into the soil