[Noisebridge-discuss] Wireless relays + sensors

[Carlo Contavalli]

I bet something similar has already been discussed :) but...

I want to control a few water pumps (low power, aquarium kind of
pumps) via software, and read inputs from a sensor or two (humidity,
temperature).

I'd like a solution that is cheap, I can bring up as quickly as
possible with as little work as possible, ideally no to little
soldering, I can easily program with good libraries (python / C /
whatever is fine). Eg, I'd like this to be a one afternoon project, I
plan to get most of my hacking fun by playing with the result, rather
than with building the system :)

I was looking into:
1) raspberry PI + relay board + sensors.
2) Arduino + relay board + sensors - seems like a bit more work than
the above? even if more flexible?
3) Something like:
http://www.controlanything.com/Relay/Relay/WIFI_PROXR&CpField=relays&CpValue=4
they seem to have tons of pre-made relatively low effort solutions.

I've had some embedded experience in the past, but have not used any
of the above. Suggestions? hints? experiences?

Thanks!
Carlo