The app recognizes 316,000 species of flowers, trees, succulents, mushrooms, cacti and other flora of the planet. One of our other houseplants turns out to be Spathiphyllum, also called 'Peace Lily.' We took a picture of one of our houseplants, and it immediately identified it as Weeping Fig, or Ficus benjamina. PlantSnap, from, is free for Android and iPhones, if you don't mind ads. There are apps for your phone that can examine a picture of leaves, flowers or bark and tell you what it is. Bob says the only way he would recognize an ash tree is when it's been made into a baseball bat.

It's estimated that there are almost 400,000 species of plants about 60,000 are trees, scientists estimate. They reproduce through spores everyone knows that. Even botanists.Īccording to an article in The Wall Street Journal, a doctoral candidate touring a garden with other botany grad students wondered if a fern was part of an orchid he didn't realize they were two separate plants. We recently read that people no longer know their plants. Getting from the house to the car, you're on your own. It works with select 2016 and newer models.īMW's version of this finds your car, gives you details about it, tells you when your next trip is, checks the battery status, locks the doors, activates climate control, and checks to see that the doors are locked, the windows are up, the trunk is closed, and your fuel level is adequate. From your couch, you can ask Google to remotely lock the doors, start your engine or send an address to your navigation system. Besides starting your engine from the couch, you can set the interior temperature, send points of interest to the car's navigation system, lock or unlock the doors, blow the horn, turn on the lights, and in general make a real nuisance of yourself.

The Hyundai program is called 'Blue Link,' and requires a 2017 or later Hyundai, or one of a dozen models from 2016 or a few from 2015.

This currently works with new Hyundais, Mercedes and BMWs. You can sit on your couch and say 'Hey Google, start my car.' If it doesn't blow up in three minutes, you might as well get in and go. It's the Google Home smart speaker, or the free Google Assistant app on your phone. If you're out of favor with the Mafia, you need this.

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