The Washington Post – Faiz Siddiqui
“The group of high school girls sat before a potted plant, wires running down the sides. India Bhalla-Ladd, 15, fiddled with a button connected to a broadboard, a pegboard that hosts electronic devices. She flipped between the plant types on a black-and-white screen — veggie, flower, eventually landing on succulent. On this morning, in a Georgetown University classroom, the toggling device for their project was acting up. Ever had to troubleshoot a plant?…The concept is simple, and genius, really: If your plant needs watering, Plantech will alert you…The group’s idea sprouted from a seven-week Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program at Georgetown, a camp that aims to combat stereotypes about computer coders.”(more)