Copyright © 2002-2005 AccuRain, Inc.
Appearances06/2005 TechNow! TV Program
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"HomeTech: New appliances and gadgets for outdoor living."
THE PRECISION GARDENER04/2005 Marshall Brain's Blog "New ideas"
AccuRain is a sprinkler system that allows gardeners to customize their watering in up to 15 different zones in their yards. The system employs watering heads about the size of a softball that can water anywhere in a 60-foot-diameter circle. By plugging a controller into the watering head, homeowners can add, change or delete watering zones. Because the water is delivered evenly, you won't need to allow for overlap like you do with conventional sprinkler systems.
03/2005 San Francisco Flower & Garden Show Exhibitor
01/2005 Landscape & Irrigation "Top Products of 2004"
#10 ‘Intelligent’ watering heads10/2004 Ventura Home & Garden Show Exhibitor
AccuRain's Robotic Watering System is a revolutionary way for your clients to irrigate their yards. The robotic watering head is mounted above the ground and puts out a stream of water from 3 inches to 30 ft., full circle. You group the plants that have the same watering requirements within this 60-ft. circle, and create a zone around them. You also enter the amount and how often to water.
At watering time, the robotic head puts out a stream of water that covers the zone in stripes, and scans from left to right until the zone has received the correct amount of water. The system can have from one to 30 robotic heads, and each head can water up to 15 individual zones. Each head only requires a single water pipe, making installation simple.
The AccuRain watering product:
- has an "intelligent" watering head
- puts water exactly where you want it
- disperses water evenly
- allows you to make changes to watering patterns without digging up pipe
- allows zones within zones to match water amounts with variations in evaporation due to differences in shaded areas and areas in full sun
05/2004 BFBS Radio2 "G3 - Games, Gadgets & Gizmos"
Finally, I look at the Accurain. This football [ed: about 1/2 the diameter of a soccer ball] like watering device is trained to water selected areas of your garden with a frequency ranging from every day to once a fortnight. Unlike all the other computerised watering systems this one can accurately supply the correct amount of water to each part. You can easily hide the watering head as part of your garden furniture - the Accurain website has some very good examples. It retails at around £160 which compared with hundreds of feet of drip tubing or having to bribe the neighbours to do it when you are away is very good value. And if you move house you can easily take it with you!01/2004 Landscape & Irrigation "'Intelligent' watering heads" (Score 9 out of 10)
12/2003 This Old House magazine "Best in Home Tech: 20 of the year's coolest tools, gizmos, and gadgets."
No.18 – A Thinking Sprinkler.11/2003 International Irrigation Show Exhibitor
Most sprinklers water in a set pattern. The AccuRain sprinkler is different. With a few button pushes, you can program it to water up to 15 separate zones of almost any shape within a 30 ft radius. It can even water individual plants. Within each zone, you tell the AccuRain how much water to deliver, and how often, from as frequently as once a day up to once a month. The spherical sprinkler head mounts virtually anywhere—on a fence post, rail, or a wall, as well as in the ground—and connects to your water line with a rigid PVC pipe.
08/2003 Columbus Dispatch "High-tech gardening"
06/2003 Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Plant & Garden News "Finds—What's New & Where to Get it"
05/2003 CPU (Computer Power User) "Extreme Hardware: These Gizmos Don't Sing It, They Bring It"
OK, we couldn't resist. How many lawn sprinklers can you really consider "extreme," anyway? (And no, that Willy Waterbug was only extreme when you were six years old.) In short, you set up one or more robotic AccuRain sprinklers in your yard with the usual water pipes, plus an electrical connection. Next, you program them with a portable controller tablet to spray water only within a series of up to 24 points you define on the lawn. Rather than indiscriminately deluging an area with water like a regular sprinkler, an AccuRain robot will raster the defined area with a single stream of water, up to 30 feet in any direction. This lets water soak in without wasting it on your deck or driveway. See? Even your lawn-obsessed, doofus neighbor can go geek03/2003 Aideya.com Ideas from around the world (In Japanese)
02/2003 Building Services Management "Robotic Watering System for Healthy Lawns and Gardens"
02/2003 Press Release: "AccuRain Introduces Revolutionary New Robotic Watering System for the Lawn and Garden"
12/2002 TechNow TV Program
12/2002 HortIdeas Gardening Newsletter "AccuRain Puts Water Exactly Where You Want It"
