🌱 Code, Crops, and Curiosities — This Week’s Tech Harvest

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Did You Know…

You Can Program in Shakespeare

Yes, there’s a Shakespeare Programming Language (SPL) where code looks like a play. Variables are characters, and operations are dramatic monologues.

Here’s an excerpt from a Hello World in SPL:
Act I: The setup.
Scene I: The beginning.
[Exeunt]

Handy Coding Tool

Code Anywhere, Anytime – Replit

Replit is an in-browser coding platform where you can write, run, and deploy code without any setup. Perfect for beginners, team projects, or experimenting with new languages.

Key Features:

• In-browser coding with zero setup

• Supports dozens of programming languages

• Multiplayer collaboration mode

• Deploy directly from the editor

https://replit.com/

Tech Highlights

Plants Are Getting a Tech Upgrade

Forget watering cans and sun dances—plants now have AI, drones, and fog machines helping them grow better than ever.

Plantaform Smart Indoor Garden: NASA Tech for Your Kitchen: Plantaform’s home garden uses fogponics—an ultra-fine mist inspired by NASA research—to grow plants 30–50% faster with half the water of traditional hydroponics. Fully automated, app-connected, and refillable every 2–3 weeks. (Plantaform)

LeafyPod: Meet Your Plant’s Personal AI: LeafyPod’s smart planter uses built-in sensors and AI to adapt watering, light, and humidity to each plant’s needs. It’s cordless, rechargeable, and sends you helpful nudges when your plants need attention. (LeafyPod)

Midbar AirFarm: Inflatable Indoor Farms Are a Thing: The Midbar AirFarm uses micro-mist aeroponics to grow crops indoors. It’s 123% lighter, uses 99% less water, and folds away when you’re done. Agriculture, meet bounce house. (Homecrux)

Plants used to need sunlight, water, and luck—now they just need Wi-Fi.

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Pop Quiz

What’s the Output of This Logic?

x = true  
y = false  
Result = !(x && y)

A) true
B) false
C) null
D) Error

Find the answer at the bottom of the newsletter!

Pop Quiz Answer: A) true

You always do the logic inside parenthesis first: (x && y) → false

Then you add the “not”: !false → true