Parrot Flower Power uses Bluetooth to look after your plants

The Parrot Flower Power uses Bluetooth to tell you how healthy your plants are.

The Flower Power is a gadget that Parrot will bring to market at some stage this year -- there is no word on price yet while the company works out how much it can get away with charging. The fork has sensors that send the information they pick up from the soil of your plant via Bluetooth to an iPad app.
Once you have told the app what the plant is, it cross-references the information received with the info in its database to tell you which day it needs watering, whether it's getting enough sun, and if it's hot or cold.

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Chevy uses Spark EV to demo TuneIn app, Chevy expands the app capability of the Spark and Sonic models, integrating the TuneIn Internet radio app to its MyLink infotainment system.

The Chevy Spark's MyLink system includes a menu for smartphone apps.

The TuneIn app will give drivers access to 70,000 radio stations around the world. To use it, drivers will need to have TuneIn running on an Android or iOS device, connected to the car through Bluetooth or USB cable, with an active Internet connection.
Chevy has also been demonstrating a navigation app, BringGo, running on a smartphone with display and control through the car's touch screen. BringGo integration should be available this year.
Chevy says the TuneIn integration will be available later this year in Spark and Sonic models.
The Spark EV was introduced at the recent Los Angeles auto show as a 2014 model, to go on sale this year. It will come standard with MyLink.

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