Telegarden, a program started by Ars Electronia from June of 1995, was an invention to create interactions for users on the web to the real world garden moved by a robot arm.
The project now could be 3D printed using 3D printer, using this 3D printed material and the online interaction tools, users could view and interact with the garden remotely, and anyone could view, monitor, and even water the plants since its been seeded via the industrial robot arm, and more importantly, the seeding selection is also in the hands of the users.
The Telegarden creates a physical garden in reallife and move the process of taking care of the plants to the virtual space, in the Ars Electronia center, anyone can view the garden as a guest, and the right to plant the seed is granted for those who shared their email address with the cooperative, and the activity log will be saved in the center for care purposes.
I choose this project because…Professor Gohai hand this to me, but of course, I also think this project is interestin in this own way. Anyone with interest is allowed to participate in this event of cultivate their own garden, and more importantly, it also does this in the style that fits in this digital era, which makes me wonder, if garden like this could be virtually controled, are there more programs such as Telefarm, Telepan, Telebow, etc.