dont know about interesting!
the better option would be a simple irigation with drippers set at two litres an hour, begin with one minute every 3 hrs or so, reducing the times between feeds as the plant grows,in the end you wouldnt want to put more than one minute every hour!thats eighteen mins after an 18 hr cycle that makes 750 ml a day more than enpough!

the fear is over watering, there is a way to flood soil completely without over watering, its more a composite mix though, in fact there is one comercially available terahydro i think its called!,there are also batery powered motors that feed measured doses of nutes to each feed
and can be set to water once twice or four times a day, automated soil grows have been here for a while,
as for catching the draining water i soil ,,,,bad idea there shouldnt be any water out of the bottom of a pot when drip fed!, unless you over watering!

have fun!
welcome to the world of endless possibilities,,,,,hydroponics!