Use your iPhone or Android device to measure your swimming pool temperature with Wimoto Motes

MARKHAM, Ontario - May 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Wimoto Motes (http://www.wimoto.com/) are tiny (about the size of a stack of five quarters) weatherproof sensors that can be stuck unobtrusively just about anywhere. They operate for up to a year on a single battery and wirelessly send information back to an app for iOS and Android devices equipped with Bluetooth 4.0. There is also a toolkit allowing owners of computers with Bluetooth 4.0 support to write their own software to connect to them.

The Climote is the first in the Motes family, and provides precision ambient temperature, humidity and light level sensor data. Typical uses could include monitoring your wine cellar, humidor, baby's bedroom, the inside of your refrigerator, or even weather conditions outside.

For those wanting to enter the world of "smart gardening", the Growmote sends alerts directly to your iPhone or iPad informing a user when to water, thus conserving water and protecting your plants vitality. Equally at home on a lawn, in a vegetable garden, or indoors with potted plants, the device can also provide information on if a plant is receiving enough light or if there is a risk of frost.

Finally, the Thermote features an innovative sensor that allows it to measure the temperature of an object from a distance. This makes it ideal for monitoring water temperature in a hot tub, swimming pool, or aquarium, without having to be submerged, or as a non-contact thermometer for food or medical use and can be attached to a mobile device with the supplied adhesive backing.

All Motes store sensor data in their onboard memory for up to a week when the mobile device is absent, and can be configured to send alerts when thresholds are crossed. A cloud-based upload service will be launched in the Fall that will allow owners to access their data from any web browser and analyze it.

Wimoto Motes will retail for USD$49 each but can be pre-ordered for a limited time through the Indiegogo campaign for $39 at this link http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/motes-tiny-tough-sensor...