CES 2015 Product Review: Edyn Revolutionizes Gardening
LAS VEGAS -- The Monday night before CES always plays host to Pepcom's CES Digital Experience where companies come out to give a sneak preview for the press before the start of the show Tuesday morning. Every year a huge percentage of the Consumer Electronics Show tends to be an amalgamation of impractical gadgetry driven mostly by cool factor and "Oh, wow, that's neat." This year at the Digital Experience Latin Post had its eye out for actually practical gadgets, something that could be used regularly in your life. Here's one that stood miles above the rest.
Edyn
Edyn is the brainchild of a CEO too young to be a CEO. Jason Aramburu, 27, made it into Forbes 30 under 30 for his company re:char that uses biochar to help African farmers fight climate change. But here at CES his new gadget Edyn has my attention.
A play on Eden from the Garden of Eden, Edyn is a "smart garden system" that will revolutionize how you garden. While Edyn has an enormous potential, it will undoubtedly become a favorite among garden enthusiasts.
So what is it? Edyn is a smart stake that you plant right into the soil in the heart of your garden. It connects to your smartphone via Wi-Fi and will send you alerts too cool to be true. Edyn will tell you when inclement weather could affect your produce, when to harvest your produce, the health of your soil, humidity, as well as plethora of other gardening tips. You might be wondering, "Will it tell me when to water my garden?" Oh, boy, did they think of that.
Edyn also has a water valve, also solar powered, that you plug in between your house and your irrigation system. Leave your hose on, and Edyn will allow water through as needed.
Edyn, like many ingenious products by young entrepreneurs, was the baby of a more than 300 percent successfully funded Kickstarter and is now available for pre-orders.