A smart planter 3d printed from recycled Plastic and made smart using the raspberry pi Pico
The Deku tree project is a 3d printing recycling program that takes plastic bottles and converts the plastic filament for 3d printing, that then is turned into the MVP of the program a 3d printed planter that has a raspberry pi (computer) and soil sensor, to make it a "smart planter" or "smart device". This smart device falls under upcycling plastic, agricultural technology, Plastic Agriculture, Embedded technology, Edge Computing, and STEM education.
Polyformer is a 3D-printed, open-source machine that recycles PET bottles (90% of plastic water bottles are made from PET) into filaments for 3D printers. read more
Nintendo Kirby Whispy Woods Inspired Plant Pot. This plant pot is inspired by Whispy Woods, the tree boss from Kirby. This garden accessory is printed in Polywood and helped bring the character to life, it's up to you to give them a bushy head of leaves that it so desperately needs! read more
A compact Raspberry Pi powered monitoring system designed to help you take the best possible care of your plants. It will tell you how well they're hydrated, attract your attention when they need water and, if you want to go a step further, even give them water! read more
For this project we are taking plastic bottles from a residential business and converting it into 3d printed filament to then make into 3d printed Planters for... plants. Adding a computer designed for educating in computer science called a "Raspberry Pi Pico" and a soil sensor creates what we are calling the "Smart Pi Planter"
This is a business two pager, providing the overview and breakdown of the project and its mission and vision and goals in pitch deck format.
Precious Plastic is a project researching and developing new solutions to tackle the plastic waste problem. We offer recycling machines, techniques to recycle plastic, business models to make a business from recycling and digital infrastructures to connect tens of thousands recyclers around the world. And all this is shared online under a Creative Common Attribution, for free so more people can start tackling the plastic waste problem.