From Deadlocks to Green Streaks: Building an AI Greenhouse with Gemini in 36 Hours

This is a submission for the Built with Google Gemini: Writing Challenge Plante | Devpost We built Plante, a plant monitor, so you can touch grass inside devpost.com What I Built with Google Gemini The Spark As university students, my teammates and I noticed a common problem: lots of people want to grow their own fruits and vegetables but simply don't have the time to monitor a garden. We wanted to bridge that gap. We set out to create a system that could teach anyone how to automatically grow their own produce using a simple, accessible Raspberry Pi kit. The Solution: Plante 🌱 Built over 36 hours at the MLH sponsored uOttaHack 8 with almost a thousand registered students, Plante (French for "plant") is a prize-winning mini automated greenhouse and gamified learning platform. We hooked up temperature, humidity and soil sensors to a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino, allowing the physical greenhouse to automatically open and close its hatch using servos to regulate its environment. We also ad