Sure, some people talk to their plants (King Charles III among them), but the leafy things just don’t respond in the same way pets do. Until now. An innovation we spotted at CES 2024 called PlantPetz gives your up-till-now quiet houseplants personalities all their own. Think Big Mouth Billy Bass for houseplants, or those dancing, sunglasses-wearing Rock ‘n Flowers from the 1980s.
“This thing made me happy,” CNET’s Bridget Carey, who saw the product at CES on Wednesday, said. “I think it’s going to be a great product.”
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PlantPetz is designed to be easy to use. Put any plant and soil in the PlantPetz planter, and insert the provided special sensors in the dirt touching the roots. One long sensor stick touching the plant gives it capacitive touch — so when you touch the plant, it knows and moves and reacts.
